Immigrant 'Dreamers' Win May Backfire Under Trump, Judge Warns
- Appeals judge says ruling gives president unprecedented power
- Executive power is ‘forbidden fruit’ of politics, judge says
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An appeals court judge warned that a victory for millions of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children may unintentionally give President Donald Trump unprecedented authority to force unwilling states to comply with his immigration policies.
U.S. Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski on Thursday issued a sharply-worded rebuke to his colleagues in San Francisco who decided to let stand a ruling that Arizona was required under Barack Obama’s so-called Dreamer program to issue driver licenses to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. before they turned 16.