Thursday, June 25, 2015

Immigration Overhaul May Be in Limbo Until Late in Obama’s Term

By Michael D. Shear, New York Times
May 27, 2015

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, which he announced in a prime-time speech to the nation last November, may remain under a cloud of legal uncertainty until months before he leaves office in 2017, legal experts and administration officials said Wednesday.

Officials from the Justice Department said in a statement that they would not ask the Supreme Court for permission to carry out the president’s immigration programs — which seek to provide work permits and deportation protection to millions of undocumented immigrants — while a fight over presidential authority plays out in the lower courts.

That legal battle may extend for a year or more, officials said, undermining any hope of putting the president’s plan into effect until right before the 2016 election.[...]

Read the full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/us/obama-immigration-executive-action-supreme-court.html

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