The Supreme Court will decide the fate of illegal migrants

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The US Supreme Court today decided to consider the case on the legality of the decree of President Obama on measures to grant legal status and work permits to migrants who arrived in the US illegally in childhood, or those who have children with American citizenship.

Measures can range from 4 to 5 million people currently living in the United States. The immigration reform proposed by the White House is designed to prevent the deportation of these people.

Meanwhile, 26 state officials filed a lawsuit against Obama. Under the leadership of the Texas Attorney General, they demand that the presidential instructions be illegal. All because Obama made a decision without Congress. Judges in 2014 decided to freeze the program during the litigation, writes The New York Times.

The US Supreme Court is expected to begin reviewing the case in April and make a final decision in June.

If the Supreme Court takes the side of Obama, the administration promises to create a program and start accepting applications even before taking office as the new US president, who will be elected in 2016 year. Therefore, the White House asked the judges to hurry up with the case.

The Supreme Court's decision to accept the case could have a significant impact on the course of the US presidential race and on Barack Obama's presidential legacy, since it was one of the largest decisions he made without the approval of the US Congress, writes "Voice of America«.

Democrats have already announced that they will keep the program, and the conservatives have threatened to cancel it completely and toughen the regime for illegal immigrants.

Barack Obama did not take bills for the first time, bypassing Congress. As he wrote earlier to ForumDaily, after consultations with the Minister of Justice Loretta Lynch and the head of the FBI, James Comi, US President Barack Obama decided to announce on measures to strengthen control over the circulation of weapons in spite of many years of opposition from Congress.