Deportation decree ‘unconstitutional’

PITTSBURGH: A federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled Tuesday that President Barack Obama overstepped his authority and violated the United States (US) Constitution when he issued an executive order last month delaying the deportation of millions of people living in the US illegally.

In an opinion issued in a local case of a Honduran man who illegally re-entered the country, US District Judge Arthur Schwab said the president cannot use his executive powers to bypass Congress.