A 4-4 U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t decide an appeal of a lower court ruling blocking President Obama’s immigration plan, which effectively kills it for the rest of his term.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
was among dozens of state Republican officials who rushed to sign on to oppose the plan to bring families out of the shadows.

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