U.S. asks Texas judge to stay ruling on Obama immigration action
Source: AP
HOUSTON — The federal government has filed a notice of appeal of a ruling that temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration.
The three-page notice was filed Monday with U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas. The appeal will be handled by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans.
Court documents detailing the legal arguments were expected to be filed at a later date.
Hanen issued a preliminary injunction last week that put on hold Obama’s orders, issued in November, that could spare from deportation as many as 5 million people in the U.S. illegally.
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