Conservatives’ bill would block Obama’s deportation directive

Published December 1, 2014 11:37pm ET



House and Senate conservative lawmakers on Monday began circulating draft legislation that would attempt to block President Obama’s executive action to limit deportations and provide work permits and Social Security cards to some illegal immigrants.

The proposal runs in contrast to Republican appropriators in the House, who are planning to introduce a spending plan next week that would fund the remainder of fiscal 2015, without addressing the president’s Nov. 20 deportation directive.

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