After issuing a scathing order sanctioning U.S. Department of Justice lawyers attempting to implement former President Barack Obama’s immigration plan, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsville decided to drop his punishment of the government attorneys in a decision issued the day before Donald J. Trump was sworn into office.
Hanen had blasted Justice Department lawyers in a May 19 order for repeatedly giving false information to the court and to Texas and 25 states suing the government over the implementation of program that would have allowed millions of undocumented immigrants to remain in the country.
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