Loading ...U.S. Supreme Court stalemated on Obama immigration plan
WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court stalemate on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama’s plan to defer deportation and provide work authorization to millions of illegal immigrants, but the 4-4 tie created no precedent and kicked the issue back into the political fray.
The one-sentence decision was an anticlimactic end to Obama’s ambitious plan to push his executive authority over immigration to the outer limit, a move blocked by a federal court in Brownsville, Texas, after Texas led 26 Republican-leaning states in a lawsuit against the policy.
The outcome doesn’t require the administration to begin deportations of the affected immigrants — all of whom had significant ties to the U.S., starting with children who are U.S. citizens or lawful residents. But it does halt the government’s plan to normalize their presence, at least temporarily, by granting them authorization to work.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-supreme-court-stalemated-on-obama-immigration-plan-2016-06-23