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Supreme Court immigration confusion? Blame the U.S. Senate

  • Written by Mark Kende, Professor of Law, Drake University

The U.S. Supreme Court has split 4-4 on whether President Obama’s immigration plan to assist the undocumented parents of certain children who are here legally is allowed.

That means the 135-page lower court ruling Texas v. United States of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which invalidated the Obama plan, remains the law.

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