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New documents reveal George Soros' foundation aimed to influence members of the Supreme Court to get a favorable decision in a key immigration case.

This week an anonymous hacker organization released thousands of documents from Open Society Foundations, which was founded by the Hungarian-born magnate in 1984.

In one memo written to members of the organization's board - which include journalists and members Soros' wealthy family - in February, officials for the foundation's U.S. operations set a goal of influencing a positive outcome in the U.S. vs. Texas Supreme Court Case.

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Newly released documents show how George Soros' Open Society Foundations tried to influence the Supreme Court justices in a key immigration case

'Grantees are seeking to influence the Justices (primarily via a sophisticated amicus briefs and media strategy) in hopes of securing a favorable ruling in U.S. v Texas,' the memo notes.

The case dealt with an Obama executive order that would have give the illegal immigrant parents of U.S. citizens the right to stay in the country - an order that would have applied to millions of illegal immigrants.

By the time the court got around to making a decision on the case, Antonin Scalia had died, effectively tying the justices on the issue.

Therefore, the lower courts' ruling to overturn the order was held.

The memo is perhaps shocking considering that the OSF officials were directly asking members of the media to write favorably in an attempt to sway the justices to defend the Obama order.

Some of those board members who are members of the media include Harvard University scholar and Washington Post columnist Danielle Allen, Foreign Policy contributor and Georgetown Law professor Rosa Brooks, and Steve Coll, who is the dean of Columbia University graduate School of Journalism.

Soros is also on the board, as are his sons Alex and Jonathan.