Politico
By JOSH GERSTEIN 12/16/2014 02:25 PM EST
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled President Barack Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration unconstitutional, but the decision came in a criminal case, leaving its broader impact uncertain.
U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Schwab issued the first-of-its-kind ruling Tuesday in the case of Elionardo Juarez-Escobar, a Honduran immigrant charged in federal court with unlawful re-entry after being arrested earlier this year in Pennsylvania for drunken driving.