Immigration Agents Seek to Block Deferred-Deportation Plan
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Ten U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents asked a federal judge to block an initiative by the Obama administration that defers deportation action against law-abiding undocumented immigrants.
Announced by President Barack Obama last year, the program allows the children of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. before age 16 to remain in the country if they have no criminal record and meet other criteria.