Court Ruling Has Implications For Executive Action On Immigration

From Watchdog(dot)org via Fox News:

In a ruling that could short-circuit one of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, a federal court has allowed U.S. tech workers to challenge extensions of foreign laborers' status here.

The case of Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has "major implications" for the president's ability to expand the number of work visas and the terms or durations of those visas, said Dale Wilcox, executive director of the Immigration Reform Law Institute.

From another section of the Watchdog article:

“The Obama administration and its congressional allies have repeatedly stated that they believed the president’s executive memos were immune from judicial review in federal court,” Wilcox said.

The decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia “demonstrates that this is not true,” Wilcox stated.

This case raises an ominous possibility, even though it does not directly address the president's recent executive action on illegal immigration.  If the administration and its allies are right, their actions cannot be reviewed by the courts, while those of Congress can be reviewed, and even struck down.  Do we want the president to be able to enact de facto laws by executive order, without any meaningful checks and balances?  Whatever you think, read the full story.