Thread: Tennessee joins multi-state lawsuit over immigration

Dec 22, 2014 10:55 AM PST Updated: Dec 22, 2014 10:55 AM PST
By Krystle Callais

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -

Tennessee is joining a multi-state lawsuit seeking to halt President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.

Attorney General Herbert Slatery on Monday notified the parties in the lawsuit that Tennessee will become the 25th state to join the legal challenge filed in federal court in Texas.

Slatery said in a statement that Tennessee "cannot sit on the sidelines of this case, when unlawful directives of this magnitude grant lawful presence and other rights like work permits to such a large number."

Obama traveled to Nashville earlier this month to tout his decision to extend deportation relief and work permits to 4 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally. His action would affect those who have been here more than five years and have children.

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/2768...er-immigration

This is awesome... we now have 25 states that have quickly moved to sue Obama over this. Half our states!

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I think Congress' intentions are more threatening t the future than Obama's executive actions. We cannot become so engrossed in this that we turn our eyes away from Congress for even a very second of time. That is not to down play the important Constitutional issues, but I tend to believe that Obama has purposely provided distractions from Congressional action. Now for added distraction, we have civil rights (from Fergusson case) and internet hacking by N. Korea. The pump is primed to provide perfect cover for passing in the middle of night an amnesty of some sort.