Supreme Court Suggests Divide Over Obama Immigration Plan
- Supreme Court hears arguments on deferred-deportation policy
- Obama immigration plan could shield millions from deportation
Pro-immigration activists gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 18, 2016, in Washington.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they are divided on a challenge to President Barack Obama’s plan to shield millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation.
Hearing arguments in a case that will shape Obama’s legacy and the November election, the justices clashed Monday over contentions that the president overstepped his authority when he announced the executive action in 2014.