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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets employees at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y on April 18. | AP Photo Clinton urges Supreme Court to uphold Obama's immigration moves

Hillary Clinton urged the Supreme Court to uphold the legality of President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration on Monday, weighing in just as the eight remaining justices heard oral arguments in United States v. Texas.

“The fates of about 5 million people in this country—and their families—are at stake. They call America home and want nothing more than to continue to contribute to their communities,” Clinton said in a statement. “President Obama acted within his legal and constitutional authority in halting the deportation of parents and children, and I hope the Court will uphold his actions.”

“If elected president, I will do everything I can to protect the President's executive actions and go further to bring more people relief and keep families together,” she added.

Clinton also promised to propose legislation on comprehensive immigration reform within her first 100 days.

The Obama administration faced tough questioning on Monday from some of the justices, who wondered whether the style of the president's executive action was more of a legislative task than an executive one.

With the court ideologically split 4-4 after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, there is a possibility of a deadlock that would keep in place an appeals court ruling that blocked Obama’s actions.