President Barack Obama asks the court to restart amnesty as millions of immigrants await a final decision on Obama's executive action, Washington Times reports.

A federal judge put a halt to Obama's new deportation amnesty. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said they will file a full appeal of Judge Andrew S. Hanen's injunction.

In the meantime, the White House wants a court to lift the injunction so they can begin to quickly approve applications under the new amnesty.

"There is a solid legal foundation for the president to take the steps that he announced late last year to reform our broken immigration system," Earnest said.

The White House's request will ask the circuit court in New Orleans to issue a stay in the injunction. The Homeland Security Department said it would comply with the injunction in the meantime.

Judge Hanen ruled Obama violated federal law when he announced a program that would protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. His amnesty would also grant them work permits, Social Security numbers and many other benefits.

Some members of Congress say Obama also violated the Anti-Deficiency Act because he has already started spending money to prepare to take in applications for his amnesty.

Congress has not appropriated any money for Obama's new immigration action.

It is likely that thousands of undocumented immigrants have applied for new or renewed permits at the time of Obama's announcement on a new immigration bill before Judge Hanen put a stop to it.

The Obama administration will seek an emergency court order to move forward on the president's executive action on immigration, The Hill reports.

"We -- as immigrants and as Americans -- have waited for nearly a quarter century for these much-needed improvements to our broken immigration system," said Marielena Hincapié, head of the National Immigration Law Center. "We should not allow a flawed legal decision to delay these changes any longer."

Republicans are seeking to stop both of Obama's executive actions.