President Obama's executive action on immigration hit another road block this week when a federal appeals court kept in place a halt on the orders.

The New Orleans court released its ruling Tuesday, declining to lift an injunction on the presidential actions.

Those actions would defer deportation for an estimated five million people in the US, the highest share of whom live in California.

For more we're joined by Kevin Johnson, Dean and Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis.