Washington D.C. – In a disappointing but unsurprising decision, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the federal government’s appeal of the preliminary injunction that has temporarily stopped President Obama’s latest deferred action initiatives from being implemented. This decision clears the way for the Obama Administration to take this case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The deferred action initiatives, announced almost one year ago, in November 2014, include

SEVIS Broadcast Message #1505-03, regarding scammers in the Chicago area targeting students in an attempt to solicit funds on behalf of the I-901 SEVIS Fee. Scammers are demanding those targeted to send up to $4,000 to avoid deportation and threatening students if they do not receive the money.