Obama appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court

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The Hill :

The Department of Justice on Friday formally appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a court order blocking the president’s executive actions on immigration.

 

The Obama administration is moving quickly to try and get the case before the high court. The petition was filed just over a week after a federal appeals court decided to keep an injunction in place that has prevented the programs from taking effect.

 

“A divided court of appeals has upheld an unprecedented nationwide injunction against implementing a federal immigration enforcement policy of great national importance, and has done so in violation of established limits on the judicial power,” Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. wrote in the petition to the Supreme Court.

“If left undisturbed, that ruling will allow states to frustrate the federal government’s enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws,” Verrilli added. “This case warrants immediate review.”

The Justice Department filed its appeal on the one-year anniversary of Obama’s announcement of the controversial initiatives.

The administration’s move sets up a high-stakes court battle over Obama’s immigration policies in the midst of an election year.