Buddy Carter, United States Congress, Georgia First District

WASHINGTON — Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Obama Administration’s request to lift a hold on the president’s executive actions on immigration to grant amnesty. The ruling comes in a lawsuit by 26 states, including Georgia, aimed at permanently stopping the executive orders.

In February, United States District Judge Andrew Hanen granted a preliminary injunction on the executive orders temporarily placing them on hold. The appeals court last week found that the states do have sufficient legal grounds to bring the lawsuit, pushing the lawsuit forward in the legal process and continuing the ban on the administration’s implementation of the unprecedented executive actions. This is a big win in our fight to stop the president’s blatant overreach on amnesty. The Fifth Circuit has provided yet another warning to the president that he will not get away with unilaterally rewriting our nation’s immigration laws. Every branch of government – including President Obama himself – has made clear that this approach to backdoor amnesty is unconstitutional.

I’ve been fighting against the Obama Administration’s plan to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. I have voted twice to reject any funding for the executive orders and I recently joined this court battle by signing an amicus brief to support the lawsuit brought by the states.

I look forward to seeing this case progress. Rest assured, I will remain steadfast in my fight to stand for the rule of law and restore the balance of power laid out in the Constitution.