SCOTUS Rules 8-1 For Biden Admin On Deportations

The Washington Post reports:

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration in an important immigration case, saying Texas and Louisiana lacked the legal standing to challenge the executive branch’s priorities on who should be deported.

At issue is a Biden administration policy that says the Department of Homeland Security should focus on arresting recent border crossers and immigrants who pose a threat to public safety, rather than the millions of other noncitizens who have lived here for years.

The policy was a departure from the Trump administration, which said anyone in the country illegally could be targeted for deportation. The Biden administration’s guidelines were challenged by Texas, Louisiana and a number of other Republican-led states, and halted nationwide by a district judge in Texas, who said the guidelines violated federal law.

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NEW: The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, rejects a GOP-led challenge to the Biden administration’s narrowing of ICE enforcement priorities.

The opinion, written by Justice Kavanaugh, calls it an “extraordinarily unusual” lawsuit.

— Adam Shaw (@AdamShawNY) June 23, 2023

BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court hands Biden admin major win on immigration case https://t.co/UozXoZUbjZ

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 23, 2023

The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, revived the Biden administration’s immigration guidelines that prioritize which noncitizens to deport, dismissing a challenge from two Republican state attorneys general, per ⁦@Arianedevogue⁩ https://t.co/Punxu5CSTz

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 23, 2023