Federal appeals court to take up Obama's immigration action

April 17, 2015 at 11:05 a.m.

by The Associated Press

Victor Pablo, 6, second from left, carries a stuffed toy as he walks with Angelika Perez and Christopher Pablo, three, right, to board a van leaving in a caravan to New Orleans, Thursday, April 16, 2015, in Miami. Hundreds of immigration reform supporters and activists are expected to be outside of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans Friday. A panel of three judges will weigh a request by the Department of Justice which would allow recent executive orders on immigration to proceed, which could stop the deportation of about 5 million immigrants.
Victor Pablo, 6, second from left, carries a stuffed toy as he walks with Angelika Perez and Christopher Pablo, three, right, to board a van leaving in a caravan to New Orleans, Thursday, April 16, 2015, in Miami. Hundreds of immigration reform supporters and activists are expected to be outside of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans Friday. A panel of three judges will weigh a request by the Department of Justice which would allow recent executive orders on immigration to proceed, which could stop the deportation of about 5 million immigrants.

NEW ORLEANS — As demonstrators gathered Friday outside a New Orleans federal courthouse, appellate judges were preparing to consider whether to lift a temporary hold imposed by a federal judge in Texas on President Barack Obama's executive action seeking to shield millions from deportation.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a closely watched case that is holding up Obama's immigration action.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville granted a preliminary injunction Feb. 16 at the request of 26 states that oppose Obama's action. Hanen's rulings have temporarily blocked the Obama administration from implementing the policies that would allow as many as 5 million people in the U.S. illegally to remain.

Read Saturday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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