Four more states have just have joined a Texas-led coalition that seeks to sue the Obama administration over the executive action the president took on immigration last month wherein Obama unilaterally moved to spare millions of people living illegally in the United States from deportation.

The lawsuit alleges that Obama's executive action tramples upon the U.S. Constitution’s “Take Care Clause” as well as on federal law.

As quoted in the Washington Examiner, the outgoing Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said, at a press conference in Austin where he formally announced the lawsuit, that: "President's job is to enforce the law — not to make them.”

The Obama Administration responded to the lawsuit, contending that the courts will find the suit without merit.

White House spokesperson Brandi Hoffine said, as quoted in Dallas News, that: “The Supreme Court and Congress have made clear that federal officials can set priorities in enforcing our immigration laws, and we are confident that the President’s executive actions are well within his legal authorities.”

As reported in an Associated Press article, Arkansas, Michigan, North Dakota, and Oklahoma have now got on board with the Texas-led lawsuit which brings current the number of states fighting the order in a federal district court in Brownsville up to 24.

On Meet the Press, as reported by the International Business Times, Abbott recently clarifying the intentions of the suit, saying: “What we’re suing for is actually the greater harm, and that is harm to the Constitution by empowering the president of the United States to enact legislation on his own without going through Congress.”

While Americans overall disapprove of the executive action 51 percent to 41 percent, according to a Gallup Poll, Latinos support the action more than two-to-one, which is 64 percent to 28 percent.

As quoted in the AP article, it is Abbott’s contention that the presidential decree "circumvents the will of the American people."