Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan
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Supreme Court Deadlocks on Obama Immigration Plan.The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that it had deadlocked in a case challenging President Obama’s plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation and allow them to work. The 4-4 tie left in place an appeals court ruling blocking the plan, dealing a sharp blow to an ambitious program that Mr. Obama had hoped would become one of his central legacies. Instead, even as the court deadlocked, it amplified the already contentious election-year debate over the nation’s immigration policy and...
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Supreme Court deadlocks, dooming Obama deportation amnestyPresident Obama lost his bid to kick-start his deportation amnesty after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on Thursday, keeping in place a lower court’s ruling that stopped the White House plans to grant work permits to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants.
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Supreme Court blocks Obama immigration actionsThe Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Obama on Thursday, deadlocking over the legality of the president's controversial immigration programs.
In a one-sentence decision, the court affirmed a lower court's ruling that blocks the programs from going forward. The ruling effectively kills the initiatives for the remainder of Obama’s presidency.
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