Obama administration will not seek Supreme Court stay on immigration action block
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an appellate court ruling that President Barack Obama's move to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation should remain on hold, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday in favor of 26 states challenging Obama's executive action on immigration.
The immigration order was first put on hold by Texas Judge Andrew Hanen in February after the states, all led by Republican governors, argued that taking in migrants would be overly burdensome.
The 5th Circuit will hear the administration's appeal of the injunction in July.
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