Obama Faces Tough Appeals Panel in Bid to Loosen Immigration

The Obama administration has a chance to build on health care and gay marriage victories before the Supreme Court when it urges an appeals court to let 5 million undocumented immigrants stay in America. But it's a slim chance.

On Friday, the White House will face long odds as it seeks to persuade a panel of judges to let President Barack Obama's effort to loosen immigration restrictions take effect. Two of the three are Republican appointees who rejected a similar administration bid.

“Those two judges have already expressed their doubts,” said Sidney Powell, a Dallas attorney who has appeared for two decades before the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans, where the case will be heard. “I’d be surprised if they changed their minds at this point.”

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