The Supreme Court will have the final say on the legality of President Obama’s executive amnesty.

The court agreed to hear the case Tuesday. The Obama administration is appealing the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ November decision to keep in place a district court’s ruling blocking the amnesty programs from moving forward.

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President Obama's marquee deportation amnesty has been stalled by the courts, but the rest of his executive actions on immigration, announced exactly a year ago, are moving forward, including his move protecting more than 80 percent of illegal immigrants from any danger of deportation.

The 2-to-1 ruling from the New Orleans court sets stage for possible Supreme Court battle.

Obama's immigration initiative could protect some 5 million people from deportation. But a court ruled against the plan, with critics saying Obama overstepped his executive authority.

Late Monday night, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction blocking the implementation of President Obama's executive amnesty, which he announced nearly one year ago.

A federal appeals court said President Obamas own words saying he was claiming powers to change the law were part of the reason it struck down his deportation amnesty in a ruling late Monday that reaffirmed the president must carry out laws and doesn't have blanket powers to waive them.

A federal appeals court refused to lift an injunction against President Obamas deportation amnesty in a ruling Tuesday that delivers a second major legal setback to the administration and keeps millions of illegal immigrants on hold.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for a full path to citizenship for illegal immigrants at an event Tuesday in Nevada as she goes all-in on the issue in pursuit of Hispanic votes.

Testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson explained that although the Department has a number of violent criminal aliens in custody, they haven't been deported.

Deportations have plummeted by another 25 percent so far this year, with the government even struggling to find enough criminals to kick out of the country, according to the latest statistics that suggest President Obama's amnesty has hampered removal efforts.