I basically have expected this all along, because my assumption right from the start was that when they filed the initial DAPA litigation that they made a strategic decision not to include DACA in their complaint because DACA was too popular a program, i suspected they wanted to get District Judge Andrew Hanen to declare DAPA was unconstitutional and then use that as precedent.

Stephen Legomsky

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Without taking cultural and psychological factors into account, evaluating the person's credibility becomes nearly impossible.

Stephen Legomsky

Whoever is put in that position in this administration is going to have a very hard time resisting the philosophy of the White House.

Stephen Legomsky

I think it does show that for the five Republican appointees on the court, deference to the executive branch policy positions will still be the rule of the day as long as they like the outcome. Those same justices were not deferential to President Obama with respect to( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and( Deferred Action for Parents of Americans), but they are showing extreme deference to this President on this proclamation even on the face of explicitly discriminatory public statements, the court has shown it is willing to be very selective when it comes to showing deference to the President.

Stephen Legomsky

The present leadership of USCIS would probably be politically inc... by Stephen Legomsky

The present leadership of USCIS would probably be politically inclined to do that.

Stephen Legomsky