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Experts debate injunction on federal immigration action

By AirTalk Staff
Published Feb 17, 2015
MCALLEN, TX - SEPTEMBER 08: Undocumented immigrants wait in a holding cell at a U.S. Border Patrol processing center for people detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on September 8, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. The sign, written by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), reads "Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands." Thousands of immigrants, many of them families and unaccompanied minors, continue to cross illegally into the United States, although the numbers are down from a springtime high. Texas' Rio Grande Valley area is the busiest sector for illegal border crossings into the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Undocumented immigrants wait in a holding cell at a U.S. Border Patrol processing center for people detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on September 8, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. The sign, written by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), reads "Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands."
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Experts debate injunction on federal immigration action

Hundreds of thousands of Southern Californians are thought eligible for President Obama's deferred deportation program.

They're either parents of kids born here or residents who came here when young.  However, those residents here illegally are now blocked from signing up for the program on its planned first day - tomorrow.  Yesterday, a federal judge in Texas stopped the order from being carried out.  A federal appeals court is the next stop for the lawsuit, which includes 26 states.

Did the judge get it right that President Obama overstepped his authority, or is case law well enough established on the President's side that he'll get his way on appeal?

Guests: 

Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, an non-profit, independent research organization focused on providing information on immigration issues to policymakers and the public.

Karen Tumlin, managing attorney at the National Immigration Law Center