Local Immigration Attorney’s Reaction to Ruling
The Supreme Court's ruling was a major blow to the Obama Administration's immigration initiative.
President Obama’s plan to spare up to four million undocumented immigrants from deportation didn’t get approval from the Supreme Court.
It’s something immigration attorney Stephen NeSmith says is disappointing.
“Yes, we are very disappointed from the standpoint that we see how it’s going to affect the family. By and large most families that come up here are good, law abiding citizens. They just want an opportunity to support their families,” said NeSmith.
NeSmith says his office has been hopeful for the past couple of years that many of his clients would be able to get work permits.
“We have a lot of Hispanic clients that are in this situation. In fact, we have been compiling a list for the last year and half of those that we can’t help because the laws are such,” said NeSmith.
Alabama was one of more than two dozen states that challenged the President’s plan.
But NeSmith says he is still hopeful for a new ruling one day in the future.
“We’re hoping that whenever a new Justice is appointed to the Supreme Court, which probably now won’t happen until after the election, that the Department of Justice will ask for a rehearing before the Supreme Justice since it was a 4-4 split,” said NeSmith.
