Texas may sue Obama over immigration order
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry said his state might sue President Barack Obama's administration over his planned immigration executive order, Politico reports.
"I think that's probably a real possibility," Perry said at the Republican Governors Association's annual meeting.
Obama's plan, which he'll announce Thursday night in Nevada, could shield millions of non-violent undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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The threat of a lawsuit from Texas probably isn't a shocker, given that state Attorney General Greg Abbott's self-professed job description is "I go to the office, I sue Obama and I go home," as Politico notes.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
