WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today made the following statement regarding a judicial order that blocks the Obama Administration from deferring the deportation of illegal immigrants.

“Today’s ruling is a significant step in the fight to roll back the President’s unilateral actions, which have undermined the rule of law and threatened our system of checks and balances. By his own admission, President Obama has referred to executive action on immigration as ‘unwise and unfair,’ and ‘ignoring the law.’

“There are a number of Senate Democrats who publicly opposed the President’s amnesty but who are now filibustering homeland security funding to protect that amnesty. With this development, I am hopeful Senate Democrats will join in fully funding the Department of Homeland Security.”