The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed an emergency motion to halt anctions imposed by a federal judge in Texas that included mandated ethics classes for federal prosecutors as a result of ongoing litigation over immigration policy.<br />On May 19, District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled in Feb. 2015 that President Obama's overstepped boundaries when instituting executive actions on immigration.<br />Additionally, Hanen ordered the Department of Homeland Security to execute a state-by-state review of immigrantswho were given three years of safeguards from deportation under Obama's previous immigration action.<br />The Justice Department asked Hanen to delay the sanctions while it seeks a review from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
