Arpaio kicks off legal campaign against Obama immigration order, in court hearing
Posted on AllSides December 22nd, 2014
From The Right
A longtime thorn in the side of the Obama administration's immigration policy got the first chance to stick it to the president Monday, arguing in court that his sweeping immigration order -- designed to spare nearly 5 million people from deportation -- is unconstitutional.
Arizona county Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his attorney Larry Klayman argued before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., in the first courtroom hearing for a case against the immigration actions.
"We have serious issues of constitutionality involved," attorney Larry Klayman told reporters,...