Supreme Court keeps in place Trump-era immigration policy
Last edited Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:47 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Title 42 a Trump-era immigration policy implemented when the pandemic broke out to quickly expel asylum-seekers at the border to remain in effect for now, putting a judges ruling that would have ended it last week on hold.
The court voted 5-4 to grant an emergency request by 19 Republican state attorneys general who sought to intervene in defense of the policy. The decision puts on hold a ruling by Washington-based U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who said the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions implementation of the policy was arbitrary and capricious. Sullivans ruling was due to go into effect Dec. 21.
Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the three liberals on the court in voting against the stay request. The brief court order said that while the administration cannot set aside the Title 42 policy, the decision "does not prevent the federal government from taking any action with respect to that policy."
The Supreme Court also agreed to hear oral arguments in February and rule on whether the states can intervene, with a decision due by the end of June. The policy will remain in place at least until that ruling is issued.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-keeps-place-trump-era-immigration-policy-allowing-asylum-rcna62560
Full headline: Supreme Court keeps in place Trump-era immigration policy allowing asylum-seekers to be quickly turned away
Article updated.
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The court voted 5-4 to grant an emergency request by 19 Republican state attorneys general who sought to intervene in defense of the policy. The decision puts on hold a ruling by Washington-based U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who said the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions implementation of the policy was arbitrary and capricious. Sullivans ruling was due to go into effect Dec. 21.
Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the three liberals on the court in voting against the stay request. The Supreme Court also agreed to hear oral arguments and rule on whether the states can intervene, with a decision due by the end of June.
The court's intervention averts what many had predicted would be an additional surge of people seeking to enter the United States at a time when border crossings are already high. Without the policy in place, people seeking asylum would be able to enter the U.S., where they could be waiting for years for a court date if they pass their initial interview with authorities.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)Only possible swing vote is Roberts, and he already went with the majority. Of course he does straddle issues on occasion.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Sotomayor and Kagan voted no but did not join the dissent.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22a544_n758.pdf
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)Being an ASSHOLE!! Keep watching these assholes!
lostinhere
(78 posts)The Supreme Court prevents the D.C. Court Order from taking effect but it DOES NOT prevent the Federal Government from stopping the use of Title 42. The order says
...This stay precludes giving effect to the District Court order setting aside and vacating the Title 42 policy; the stay itself does not prevent the federal government from taking any action with respect to that policy... (emphasis added)
The Supreme Court is looking at whether the states can intervene, not the legality of Title 42.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)I updated the OP.
lostinhere
(78 posts)oldsoftie
(12,555 posts)We simply cannot take in EVERYONE who wants to come. And now with the GOP coming into the House next month, nothing will be done. I have life long friends that live down there & they tell me its a disaster. CBS News just last night showed a huge number of people just waiting at the border. They just have to come up with a way to deal with this crush of people. but what? The GOP will block anything of any substance
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Title 42 doesn't stem the tide either - they're all still coming.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)maybe THAT'S why so many are coming
oldsoftie
(12,555 posts)tell them "do not come". Under Pres Obama the rush dropped significantly in the last years. The number of illegal immigrants in the US dropped by over 1 million by 2016. Biden was VP during that time. He knows how to handle this. But I think he must be getting pressured by others to try something different that aint working. Maybe Pres Obama would be willing to be a "border tzar" or something like that