Using strong legal language, an appeals court upheld a lower court ruling preventing the administration from implementing the president's executive orders that would have allowed the government to hand out work permits to millions of illegal aliens. The president's executive orders would have granted at least 5 million illegals and their families three-year green cards and allowed them to be eligible for government health and other benefits.  A federal judge in Texas issued an injunction against the orders, which has now been upheld by the appeals court. USA Today: In his ruling Monday night, Circuit Court Judge Jerry Smith said Obama's program "would allow illegal aliens to receive the benefits of lawful presence solely on account of their children's immigration status, without complying with any of the requirements ... that Congress has deliberately imposed." He was joined by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod. Their ruling said the program...(Read Full Post)