Federal appeals court to take up Obama's executive action on immigration
Source: Yahoo! News
On Friday, government lawyers will ask the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the president's executive action on immigration to move forward while a legal challenge filed by 26 states works its way through the courts.
Government lawyers are asking a federal appeals court to allow President Obamas controversial executive action on immigration to move forward while a legal challenge to the presidents initiative works its way through the courts.
Justice Department lawyers are presenting arguments on Friday in New Orleans to a three-judge panel of the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals.
They are urging the judges to overturn a preliminary injunction issued in February by a federal judge in Texas that blocked the presidents effort to bypass Congress and unilaterally allow more than 5 million undocumented immigrants to remain in the US and obtain work permits.
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