House Republicans voted to try to block President Barack Obama from easing the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, including those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
The 236-191 vote Wednesday goes beyond Republicans' pledge to reverse the president's November orders shielding about 5 million people in the U.S. from deportation.
The measure also seeks to block a 2012 Obama directive addressing young undocumented immigrants and a series of memos starting in 2011 that said terrorists and criminals should be deported first. House Speaker John Boehner and other leaders agreed to include those measures, which were sought by tea party-aligned members.
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