(The Guardian) Biden can end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy, supreme court rules
In its second and final decision of the day, the Supreme Court on Thursday said Biden can terminate a controversial Trump-era immigration policy, known as Remain in Mexico. The ruling affirms a president’s broad power to set the nation’s immigration policy.
The ruling concludes the most consequential supreme court term in recent memory.
“I am authorized to announce that the Court has acted upon all cases submitted to the Court for decision this term,” Roberts writes in his end of term statement. The court will now recess from “today until the first Monday in October 2022.”
The Supreme Court decided 5-4 that Biden had the authority to terminate the controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy that forced asylum seekers mostly from Central America arriving at the US southern border to await approval in Mexico.
The decision was written by chief justice John Roberts and joined by justice Brett Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberals. The program, known formally as the Migrant Protection Protocols, was established by the Trump administration as a means to stem immigration at the southwestern border. Under the policy, tens of thousands of migrants have been returned to Mexico, where they await consideration of their cases in squalid and dangerous encampments along the border.
In its second and final decision of the day, the Supreme Court on Thursday said Biden can terminate a controversial Trump-era immigration policy, known as Remain in Mexico. The ruling affirms a president’s broad power to set the nation’s immigration policy.
The ruling concludes the most consequential supreme court term in recent memory.
“I am authorized to announce that the Court has acted upon all cases submitted to the Court for decision this term,” Roberts writes in his end of term statement. The court will now recess from “today until the first Monday in October 2022.”
The Supreme Court decided 5-4 that Biden had the authority to terminate the controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy that forced asylum seekers mostly from Central America arriving at the US southern border to await approval in Mexico.
The decision was written by chief justice John Roberts and joined by justice Brett Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberals. The program, known formally as the Migrant Protection Protocols, was established by the Trump administration as a means to stem immigration at the southwestern border. Under the policy, tens of thousands of migrants have been returned to Mexico, where they await consideration of their cases in squalid and dangerous encampments along the border.
