WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Thursday enhanced the ability of President Donald Trump’s administration to quickly deport illegal immigrants including asylum seekers with limited judicial review, handing him a victory in a case involving one of his signature issues in an election year.
The vote was 7-2. Although two of the four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, agreed that Thuraissigiam’s legal claim failed, they did not embrace Alito’s broad reasoning. Liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented. The ruling will have wide implications for immigrants facing removal, Sotomayor wrote, giving the administration “unchecked” power and increasing the risk of arbitrary and illegal decisions by immigration officials in deportation proceedings.
The administration contended the 9th Circuit ruling would defeat the purpose of quick deportation and “impose a severe burden on the immigration system”.