The White House predicted Tuesday that the Supreme Court would uphold President Obama’s immigration executive actions allowing nearly 5 million illegal immigrants to remain in the country and work without fear of deportation.

After the Supreme Court said it would consider the case, the White House said it is “confident that the policies will be upheld as lawful” and argued that the presidential power used to issue the executive actions is similar to the authority previous presidents from both parties have used to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.