Instead, Republicans say the ruling has united and emboldened them to stand firmly by their strategy of tying funding for the homeland security agency to efforts to kill Obama’s executive action, and urged Senate Democrats who have blocked those efforts to heed the ruling.
“Hopefully, Senate Democrats who claim to oppose this executive overreach will now let the Senate begin debate on a bill to fund the Homeland Security department,” House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement.
Obama immigration order temporarily halted by Texas judge
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“The Department of Justice, legal and immigration experts, and history support the President’s executive actions — and the U.S. District Court decision erroneously blocks the President from taking steps to fix our broken immigration system in a manner that is consistent with previous presidents, strengthens our economy, keeps communities safe, and honors our values,” Pelosi said. “How sad for our impacted DREAMers and their families, how necessary it is for an immediate appeal of this ruling.”
CNN’s Deirdre Walsh and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.
