House votes to submit brief in Supreme Court immigration case

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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/273422-house-votes-to-submit-brief-in-supreme-court-immigration-case

The House passed legislation on Thursday authorizing the Speaker to file an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case regarding the legality of President Obama’s executive actions to shield illegal immigrants from deportation.

Passage fell along party lines by a 234-186 vote.

Five Republicans who hold more centrist views on immigration broke with their party to oppose the resolution: Reps. Carlos Curbelo (Fla.), Mario Díaz-Balart (Fla.), Bob Dold (Ill.), Richard Hanna (N.Y.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.).

The unprecedented move will insert the House into one of the most hotly contested Supreme Court cases in the middle of the presidential campaign.