There was no shortage of immigration litigation this year, with the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocking in the case over Obama’s executive actions, federal securities regulators bringing a major suit over alleged EB-5 visa program fraud, and courts hearing challenges to work authorization rules for immigrants.
Here, Law360 looks back at some of the biggest immigration cases from 2016.
The Executive Action Showdown: United States v. Texas
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“Obama's immigration legacy is diminished greatly because of the failure to win that battle,” said Ian Macdonald of Greenberg Traurig LLP, adding that DAPA, “as a result of that, is dead.”