| All summer, citizens have been crying out, 'Why doesn't somebody take this to court!' over Janet Napolitano's Dream amnesty directive. THIS MORNING, ICE AGENTS DID . . . with the promise of help from NumbersUSA members! In the last hour, a group of 10 federal immigration-enforcement agents -- including the president of the agents' union -- filed suit against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton. The suit seeks an injunction against Napolitano's June 15 directive that includes issuing work permits to a whole class of illegal aliens, estimated at 1.7 million, under the age of 31. The 10 agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) section of DHS contend that the directive for the amnesty that DHS began to hand out on Aug. 15 is "unlawful and unconstitutional." Kris Kobach, the nation's best-known immigration litigator, is leading the agents' legal team. Chris Crane, president of the ICE Agents' Union, AGFE Council #119, is the public spokesman for the plaintiffs. NumbersUSA, the nation's largest pro-enforcement grassroots organization, is underwriting the suit, based on the expectation of raising the necessary funds from our 1.3 million on-line activists. The suit was filed this morning in Dallas, in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which is in the 5th Circuit. (The majority of the ICE agent plaintiffs, including one in Dallas, reside and work in Texas.) The court action comes just one week after the ICE agents' union courageously set up an on-line petition to protest their bosses' orders to violate U.S. immigration laws (find the link in the box below). What is at stake for ICE agents is stated plainly in the lawsuit: This lawsuit seeks to prevent law enforcement officer Plaintiffs from being forced to either violate federal law if they comply with the unlawful Directive or risk adverse employment action if they disobey the unlawful orders of the DHS Secretary. This lawsuit also seeks to preserve the balance of legislative and executive powers established by the United States Constitution. | 
