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Judge in Seattle halts Trump’s immigration order nationwide
“The Constitution prevailed today,” Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said. “No one is above the law — not even the president.”
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"But immigration proceedings are matters of administrative law, not criminal law. (As a result, the consequence of violating your immigration status is not jail but deportation.) And Congress has nearly full authority to regulate immigration without interference from the courts. Because immigration is considered a matter of national security and foreign policy, the Supreme Court has long held that immigration law is largely immune from judicial review"
"............ have no legal right to intrude on the prerogatives of the executive branch, which Congress has vested with near-unfettered discretion to administer immigration laws and policy."
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