Obama’s Immigration Reform
Executive Action to Limit Deportation of Some Undocumented Aliens
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On November 20, 2014, President Barack Obama announced that congressional inaction on immigration reform had led him to take unilateral steps. He explained that he would be expanding a June 2012 program that suspended deportation proceedings and granted work permits to undocumented immigrants who had entered the United States as children. Now, he said, he would also provide the opportunity to around 4 million undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. The move was sharply criticized by the President’s Republican opponents in Congress and the States as an unlawful extension of Executiv…
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Foreword
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Inside the Court
Immigration Action, Abortion, and Health Care Reform on the Docket
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Fisher v. University of Texas
The Court Rules That Texas’s Race-Conscious Admissions Program Is Constitutional
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Whole Woman's Health v. Cole
The Court Rules That Texas’s Restrictions on Abortion Clinics Are Unconstitutional
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Zubik v. Burwell
The Court Sends the Obamacare Prescription Drug Challenge Back to the Lower Courts
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The Obama Administration's Immigration Action
Overview of Guidance to Suspend Some Deportations
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Lower Court Holding in Texas v. United States
Decision of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
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Before the Court in United States v. Texas
The Justices Weigh in on President Obama’s Immigration Action
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Pro & Con
Does the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents Program Violate Federal Law?
