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The Supreme Court dealt President Barack Obama a harsh defeat, splitting 4-4 over his plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Washington DC, Jun 18 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Edwin Ramírez).- The US Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects some 650,000 migrant youth from deportation.FOOTAGE OF A PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE US SUPREME COURT AHEAD OF ITS DECISION ON THURSDAY.
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case probing the limits of presidential powers as the justices weigh whether President Barack Obama overstepped his authority when he took unilateral action to protect millions of people who were in the country illegally from being deported. Mana Rabiee reports.
The UK Supreme Court rejects a government plan to send migrants to Rwanda, upholding a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. SOUNDBITE
UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, says "being relocated to Rwanda is not a punishmentm but an innovative way of addressing a major problem" after judges in the UK's High Court ruled that the government's plan to deport migrants to the central African country was lawful. Speaking in the House of Commons, Braverman explains that "by making it clear that they (refugees) cannot expect to stay in the UK, we will deter more people from coming and make such routes inviable". The controversial partnership was initiated by former PM Boris Johnson in an attempt to curb record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, and last-gasp legal challenges blocked the departure of its first flight in June. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama reacts to the 4-4 ruling by Supreme Court that blocks his plan to spare millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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