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About time someone defied him...especially on immigration !!
Appeals court rules against Obama immigration plan
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 38th anniversary awards gala at the Washington Convention Center October 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. The president…NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to protect from deportation an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally suffered another setback Monday in a ruling from a New Orleans-based federal appeals court.
In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas-based federal judge's injunction blocking the administration's immigration initiative.
Republicans had criticized the plan as an illegal executive overreach when Obama announced it last November. Twenty-six states challenged the plan in court.
The administration argued that the executive branch was within its rights in deciding to defer deportation of selected groups of immigrants, including children who were brought to the U.S. illegally.
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