On June 23, 2016, in United States v. Texas<\/em>, the Supreme Court upheld an injunction on two Administrative executive action programs on immigration.<\/p>\n The Court ruled that \u201c…The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court..\u201d\u00a0 With these 9 words, the Court split 4 to 4, and without a 9th and deciding Justice, permitted an injunction against implementing these programs imposed by a Texas District Court and upheld by the Fifth Circuit to stand.<\/p>\n As background, in November, 2014, and arising out frustration with Congressional inaction\u00a0 on comprehensive immigration legislation, President Obama and his Administration created two executive actions programs: Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Permanent Residents (\u201cDAPA\u201d) and an expanded program for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (\u201cDACA\u201d), an earlier executive action program to benefit certain children who accompanied their parents into the United States at an early age.\u00a0 The programs if implemented would shield certain parents of U.S. citizens (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On June 23, 2016, in United States v. Texas, the Supreme Court upheld an injunction on two Administrative executive action programs on immigration. The Court ruled that \u201c…The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court..\u201d\u00a0 With these 9 words,…<\/span><\/p>\n