Steven Ahle| Opinion| Donald Trump scored a major victory after a federal judge ruled that President Trump has the right to stop legal immigration temporarily in a time of emergency.
Immigration rights groups tried to get the court to rule that Trump’s actions were illegal and the case was being heard by the judge that ruled Trump could not limit immigration to people who can afford health insurance.
The groups tried to tie the judge’s previous ruling to the latest lawsuit. The judge denied them, saying the cases are totally unrelated.
This is always a danger when liberals go judge shopping.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon refused to issue a temporary injunction against Trump’s order against awarding green cards for a 60 day period as the country tries to work its way out of the DTMNBN (Disease That Must Not Be Named) crisis.
Simon said:
“Simply because the April 22nd Proclamation may preclude or delay the processing of immigrant visa applications is too attenuated from the allegations in the First Amended Class Action Complaint to support an extraordinary writ under the All Writs Act.”
Trump tweeted on April 20 that he would soon sign an executive order banning immigration into the United States. The White House released that order two days later, which for 60 days suspends many green card applications from foreign nationals living outside the country.
The order, he said, was not only intended to protect Americans from the spread of coronavirus, but also to protect U.S. workers who were hurting under a faltering economy. There are exceptions to the order, such as applicants who are younger than 21 years of age.
Immigrant rights groups, however, filed an emergency motion, arguing that the visa ban order puts at risk young applicants who will soon turn 21 and risk aging out of the professional status. These same plaintiffs were successful in 2019 in requesting Simon order an injunction against Trump’s green card ban against applicants who lacked or could not afford health care.
The Oregon judge, nevertheless, found the pending case on health care was unrelated to the green card ban.
