It was reported this morning that the Supreme Court will take up a case challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. EPI Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research Daniel Costa has written extensively about the constitutionality of these actions and how they would affect the economy:

• American Caesar? Not Even Close: The president has the statutory authority he needs to expand deferred action
• What You Need to Know about the President’s Legal Authority to Expand Deferred Action for Unauthorized Immigrants
• President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Will Improve the Wages and Working Conditions of Unauthorized Immigrants and U.S.-Born Workers Alike

Costa is available for interviews (in English and Spanish) by emailing news@epi.org.