Appeals Court Rules Against Obama Immigration Plan
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.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised the ruling.
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