Hudson reacts to Supreme Court ruling

One of Rowan County’s members of Congress cheered a 4-4 tie by U.S. Supreme Court justices this week.

Down one Supreme Court justice, the U.S. Supreme Court tied in a chase that challenged President Barrack Obama’s immigration plan. Because of the tie, a lower appeals court ruling remains in place. The ruling applies to Obama’s 2014 executive action, which could have prevented as many as five million unauthorized immigrants from being deported.

Republicans have called the action illegal amnesty. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, has been among critics of Obama’s executive action. The Supreme Court ruling proves Obama’s actions were illegal, Hudson said.

“When the president bypassed Congress and the American people’s concerns to unilaterally rewrite our nation’s immigration laws and grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, he abused our nation’s separation of powers and the rule of law,” Hudson said in a news release.