U.S. judge blocks Obama plan to protect undocumented immigrants

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, adding a new wrinkle to a debate already raging in the new, Republican-led U.S. Congress. Ruling in favor of about two dozen states opposed to the plan, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, said the administration had not complied with procedure. The White House said the Department of Justice would appeal the decision. Obama, using his exe