73 cities, counties sign brief supporting Obama’s immigration action

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More than 70 cities and counties nationwide have signed a legal brief pressing for President Obama’s immigration executive action to move forward.

The Justice Department filed an appeal of a decision by a Texas district judge in mid-February that would prevent Obama’s executive action — which would shield as many as 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation — from going into effect.

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