As an outsider, I think the law is pretty clear
Read to the end of US Code 1227;
"Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to grant a stay of removal or deportation in any case not described in this subsection."
To me this means
"Any deportation process which is not already stayed may be stayed on the order of the Secretary of Homeland Security or of the Attorney General"
You may read the law differently, and that's what the court is there for. The law is not badly formed, it might just be open to interpretation.
And with that, I'm off to bed.
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Ghoti Fingers, Wed 3 Dec 2014, 23:35,
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