Corker Joins Amicus Brief Challenging Obama Administration's Immigration Executive Actions
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U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) today joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and 41 other Senate Republicans in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge by a majority of the nation's governors and attorneys general of the states, including Tennessee, to the Obama administration's November 2014 executive actions on immigration.
The Supreme Court took up the case (United States of America v. State of Texas) after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in November of 2015 affirmed a preliminary injunction by a federal district court in Brownsville, Texas, blocking the Obama administration from moving forward with its executive actions on immigration. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case on April 18.
"[T]he Executive's orders contravene the letter and the spirit of the immigration laws, and threaten the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution," the senators' amicus brief states. "There is little doubt that the Executive adopted the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents ("DAPA') program as part of an explicit effort to circumvent the legislative process."
The 43 senators who joined the amicus brief are Senators Alexander, Barrasso, Blunt, Boozman, Capito, Cassidy, Coats, Cochran, Corker, Cornyn, Cotton, Crapo, Cruz, Daines, Enzi, Fischer, Graham, Grassley, Hatch, Hoeven, Inhofe, Isakson, Johnson, Lankford, Lee, McCain, McConnell, Moran, Paul, Perdue, Risch, Roberts, Rounds, Rubio, Sasse, Scott, Sessions, Shelby, Sullivan, Thune, Tillis, Vitter, and Wicker.
The amicus brief can be found HERE.
In 2013, Corker co-authored the Hoeven-Corker border security amendment, which is the toughest border security measure to ever pass the Senate. The amendment was approved overwhelmingly by the Senate by a vote of 69 to 29 and led to the final passage of the Senate immigration reform bill.
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