What a SCOTUS deadlock means for immigration

Edition: US - Today's top story: Deadlocked: what a nine-word decision means for five million undocumented immigrants [Click here to view this message in your web-browser]. Edition: US 25 June 2016 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair] Editor's note Nine words. That’s the entirety of this week’s Supreme Court ruling in a case that is rippling through the lives of five million undocumented immigrants across the U.S. The case pitted 26 states against President Obama’s executive actions to expand temporary protection from deportation to parents of children who are legally in the U.S. Shana Tabak, an immigration law expert at Georgia State University, [explains what happens now as the case returns to Texas], and families wait in fear that they will be divided by deportation. Division also marked the decision. The brevity of the ruling reflects what can happen when there are only eight justices, and as Mark Kende, professor of law at Drake University, explains – [Congress is ultimately to blame]. And to dig into our ongoing coverage of the U.K.’s historic Brexit decision, see [here]. Danielle Douez Associate Editor, Politics + Society Top story The Supreme Court issued a tied decision. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst [Deadlocked: what a nine-word decision means for five million undocumented immigrants] Shana Tabak, Georgia State University A brief decision from the highest court will impact millions of lives in the U.S. GSU legal expert explains what will change, and what won’t. Politics + Society - [Supreme Court immigration confusion? Blame the U.S. Senate] Mark Kende, Drake University Inaction on President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court blocks a decision on his immigration plan. 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