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Judge Blocks Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration

HeadlineFeb 17, 2015

A federal judge in Texas has blocked President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. In November, Obama outlined programs aimed at providing relief from deportation to as many as five million people. But Texas and 25 other states sued to oppose the measures. Two days before the first of the programs was due to start taking applications, Judge Andrew Hanen blocked them.

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