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The Billings Gazette reports that Montana joined 16 other states challenging Obama's 2014 immigration action. Attorney General Tim Fox argued that the president had bypassed Congress and federal rulemaking requirements. Shahid Haque responded that the policy followed established enforcement-discretion precedent and would benefit Montana by keeping parents with their children.
The article documents a new confrontation between Shahid and Montana's attorney general over the boundary between federal immigration authority and state political action.