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Texas seeking delay in Supreme Court immigration case

U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) during a town hall meeting at Taylor's University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Obama urged young people in predominantly Muslim Malaysia on Friday to reject the “terrible vision” that drove the Paris attacks, offering an alternative vision in which traditional cultures coexist with a diverse modern world. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) during a town hall meeting at Taylor's University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Obama urged young people in predominantly Muslim Malaysia on Friday to reject the “terrible vision” that drove the Paris attacks, offering an alternative vision in which traditional cultures coexist with a diverse modern world. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

By Associated Press November 23, 2015 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Texas is asking the Supreme Court for more time to answer the Obama administration’s immigration appeal, a delay that probably would prevent the plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation from taking effect during Barack Obama’s presidency.

If the justices agree to the state’s request that was filed Monday, the administration’s plan that mainly affects the parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents would miss the court’s informal deadline for a decision by the end of June.

Unless the court were to take the rare step of scheduling an argument in May, the issue would not be heard by the justices until the fall or decided before spring 2017.

Texas says in its letter to the court that the administration is opposing the request for a 30-day delay.