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1st LD: U.S. Justice Department to take Obama's immigration reform lawsuit to Supreme Court

Xinhua, November 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it would ask the Supreme Court to review the ruling issued on Monday by a federal appeals court against U.S. President Barack Obama's immigration executive action.

The appeal to Supreme Court could represent a last-gasp effort to salvage Obama's signature achievement.

In a statement, Justice Department spokesman Patrick Rodenbush said the department plans to appeal the ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which upheld a Texas federal judge's injunction to block Obama's immigration executive action of protecting an estimated 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation.

"The Department of Justice remains committed to taking steps that will resolve the immigration litigation as quickly as possible in order to allow DHS (Department of Homeland Security) to bring greater accountability to our immigration system by prioritizing the removal of the worst offenders, not people who have long ties to the United States and who are raising American children," said the statement.

"The Department disagrees with the Fifth Circuit's adverse ruling and intends to seek further review from the Supreme Court of the United States," it said. Enditem