The Department of Justice on Tuesday contested a federal judge's order that imposes ethics sanctions and other wide-reaching remedies against the federal government in the ongoing challenge to President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. Lawyers for the department argued that if Hanen did not stay his order, the government "will suffer irreparable injury... resulting from impaired enforcement of immigration law." Specifically, Hanen determined that DOJ lawyers were not forthcoming about the fact that the administration had granted relief to thousands of undocumented immigrants under the challenged programs while the lawsuit was still pending. They added that compliance with the ethics education requirement could cost up to $8 million in direct expenses and lost manpower. Hanen's order, which could affect up to 3,000 DOJ lawyers, "intrudes on core Executive functions and imposes heavy administrative burdens and costs on both DOJ and [the Department of Homeland Security] that cannot be recouped," the administration said.

Source: Huffington Post May 31, 2016 18:40 UTC