House Judiciary hearing will challenge Obama’s immigration executive actions

Published February 18, 2015 9:38pm ET



The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing next week that will challenge President Obama’s executive actions on immigration.

The hearing will take place on Feb. 25, two days before Congress must pass a critical Homeland Security spending bill or face a potential shutdown of the agency. Democrats are blocking the bill because it includes language that defunds two Obama administration directives providing millions of illegal immigrants with access to work permits and federal benefits.

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