House Republicans are targeting an Obama administration effort to give immigration officials more leeway when it comes to deciding who to deport

House Republicans are targeting an Obama administration effort to give immigration officials more leeway when it comes to deciding who to deport from the U.S....Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee introduces the HALT Act, would strip the Obama administration's power to defer deportation of immigration violators, grant work authorization or grant temporary protected status to immigrants who are fleeing a disaster... The bill has little chance of becoming law. Even if the bill passed the House, it probably would not pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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