TEXAS: A federal judge in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Barack Obama’s program that would defer deportation for up to 5 million people living in the United States illegally.

Federal immigration officials have been temporarily barred from implementing “any and all aspects” of the deferred action program that Obama announced in November, according to an order issued Monday (Tuesday in Manila) by US District Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas.

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