Obama administration appeals ruling on immigration orders

The Washington Post: The Obama administration Monday appealed a ruling by a Texas judge that temporarily blocked the president's executive actions on immigration.

The Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal and motion to stay the decision by U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of Texas. Hanen ruled last week that the administration's program, which would defer the deportations of as many as five million undocumented immigrants, should be temporarily blocked from going forward while a lawsuit filed by 26 states challenging it made its way through the courts.

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