Federal court refuses to lift order halting Obama immigration programs

*Breaking: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on DOJ petition to lift stay on Obama’s Executive Action on immigration. VL

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times

A federal appeals court in Louisiana has refused to lift a lower court’s ruling that blocked President Obama’s landmark executive actions that aimed to shield up to 5 million people from deportation.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued its 68-page ruling on Tuesday afternoon.

“Because the government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its appeal of the injunction, we deny the motion for stay,” the court wrote.

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