There is that old story of a person stopping in a small town to ask directions outside an old general store. An old man on the porch of that store, when asked how to get to the destination, says "you can't get there from here." It seems that the District Court in Texas is having the same problem understanding the DHS's policy memos on DAPA and expanded DACA, as the old man on the porch had with understanding the road system. Immigration law is complicated. So complicated that at least one federal court judge has said: The statutory scheme defining and delimiting the rights of aliens is exceedingly complex. Courts and commentators have stated that the Immigration and Nationality Act resembles ‘King Mino’s labyrinth in ancient Crete,’ and is ‘second only to the Internal Revenue Code in complexity.'” Chan v. Reno, 1997 U.S. Dist. Lexis 3016, *5 (S.D.N.Y. 1997). The District Court Judge in the DAPA case was never an immigration lawyer prior to becomin...
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