article_snippet: Obama said Obama had to act because Congress has failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
article_snippet: But Hanen put that request on hold pending a hearing on March 19 to review allegations the government misled Obama about the implementation of part of the immigration plan.
article_snippet: Conservatives have bristled at the idea of the White House tossing border security overboard in favor of letting 5 million or more illegal immigrants stay .
article_snippet: At next week's hearing, Hanen was set to have Attorneys explain why the federal government granted three-year deportation reprieves as well as work permits to 100,000 individuals before Hanen's Feb. 16 injunction.
article_snippet: Attorneys had previously said federal officials wouldn't accept such requests until Feb. 18.
article_snippet: the Justice Department has said the reprieves and work permits were granted under the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, which was not halted by Hanen's injunction.
article_snippet: DACA protects young immigrants from deportation if young immigrants were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
article_snippet: In a separate court document filed with Hanen's court on Thursday, the Justice Department said the acknowledgement that some individuals were granted reprieves under 2012 DACA guidelines does 'not bear on the resolution' of the pending request before the judge to lift Hanen's Feb. 16 injunction.
article_snippet: Hanen's Feb. 16 injunction put on the hold an expansion of DACA as well as a program that would extend deportation protections to parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have been in the country for some years.
highlights_snippet: Obama wants to give Social Security numbers, green cards and work permits to some who are in the country illegally, and guarantee some who are in the country illegally some who are in the country illegally won't be deported for at least two years .