A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court dealt a severe blow on Thursday to President Barack Obama’s attempt to change immigration policy, and the president said decisions about the divisive issue now rest with voters. This includes approximately 500,000 undocumented AAPIs and more than 40,000 Filipinos.
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In this case, the federal appeals court in New Orleans said the Obama administration lacked the authority to shield up to four million immigrants from deportation and make them eligible for work permits without approval from Congress.
The split decision in the U.S. Supreme Court does not set a legal precedent, but could prove to be a major setback for families of mixed immigration status.
President Obama says the deadlock is frustrating for immigrants who want to work and contribute the economy.
“This is not the end of the road though and I will continue to advocate fiercely for the most vulnerable members of the Irish community this side of the Atlantic”.
The decision upholds a Texas court decision freezing the 2014 plan, which was never implemented, and prevents an expansion of another program that prevents children brought to the United States without documentation from being deported. “And that we will explore all the different scenarios that we have to do in order to move our agenda forward”, Sainz said.
Meanwhile, Mr Obama said the ruling was “heartbreaking” for the millions of immigrants.
Saul, a graduate of Elsie Allen High School, has plans to get a degree from Sonoma State University and now works at Kerosky Purves & Bogue, an immigration law firm with offices throughout Northern California and in Los Angeles.
More than 4 million people living in the United States illegally are affected by the decision, though the government does not plan to step up deportations.
“In January, some of my first grade students stopped going to school”, Mendoza said. But he also said it puts pressure on Congress to push for an immigration bill after the election.
She says she has no choice but to fight for her rights- her deportation would endanger her siblings, who were born in the US.
“Today’s decision keeps in place what we have maintained from the very start: One person, even a president, can not unilaterally change the law”, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said.
“This is a huge disappointment for immigrant families, their communities and their allies”.
But 26 states filed suit against those orders, and a divided Supreme Court had no definitive answer. We are disappointed that this decision leaves millions of USA citizen children facing the potential deportation of their parents.
Alabama was one of more than two dozen states that challenged the President’s plan.
For Martinez, who traveled across the U.S. -Mexico border to Texas in 2009 with his brother, the ruling meant he and other undocumented Texans need to remain resolute.
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Carlos Gonzalez is one of 4 million immigrants in the USA that President Barack Obama hoped to shield from deportation.
