Obama Administration Won't Seek Supreme Court Stay on Immigration Action Block

The Justice Department will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an appellate court ruling that President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration should remain on hold. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday in favor of 26 states challenging the action, that would shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. The immigration order was first put on hold by Texas Judge Andrew Hanen in February after the states, all led by Republican governors, argued that taking in migrants would be overly burdensome. The 5th Circuit will hear the administration's appeal of the injunction in July. An administration official said the White House did not want to add to the confusion surrounding the status of the immigration action by seeking a Supreme Court stay at this time.