Appeals Court Upholds Block on Obama Immigration Programs

The Department of Justice plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a Nov. 9 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that upheld a hold on the two deferred action programs that are among the central elements of President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration (Texas v. United States, 2015 BL 372610, 5th Cir., 15-40238, 11/9/15).

The 2-1 Fifth Circuit majority—made up of two of the three judges who denied the administration’s earlier request to stay a federal judge’s hold on the programs—agreed with Texas and the 25 other states that brought the ...