When the U.S. Supreme Court last week deadlocked 4-4 on allowing President Obama’s immigration reform plan to move forward, journalists described it as a “crushing blow to the White House” (CNN), the president’s “biggest legal defeat,” (The Washington Post) and “a likely fatal blow” to Obama’s effort to protect an estimated 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation (USA Today).
It’s an undeniable loss–but it’s also worth stepping back for a moment to remember how much Obama has already changed the immigration law landscape.
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