February 19, 2015      2:53 PM
Legal experts say rhetoric is causing great confusion about immigration executive order
“This is a preliminary injunction, not a ruling on the merits"
Those
who work with immigrant communities in cities across Texas say they are
scrambling to contain confusion caused by what they called “political spin” about
the temporary injunction against President
Obama’s most recent executive order on immigration.
One
of the main points of confusion, those advocates said, is that many young
immigrants think they are no longer eligible for deferred action under Obama’s
2012 executive order. But, they still are because this week’s ruling has
nothing to do with that.
The
other problem is the absolutist rhetoric used by top Texas Republican leaders to
describe the injunction leaves many believing this case is over when it is just
beginning.
“This
is a preliminary injunction, not a ruling on the merits,” said Professor Geoffrey Hoffman, Director of
the Immigration Clinic at the University of
Houston Law Center.
By Scott Braddock
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