On immigration, Supreme Court accedes to Trump's restrictive agenda
Andrew Chung
Reuters
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The Supreme Court of the United States has allowed President Donald Trump to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria.
WASHINGTON — Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency last year, promising to aggressively crack down on immigration and pursue a campaign of mass deportation, the 6-3 conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has, for the most part, smoothed the way.
A demonstrator holds a sign as a small group of clergy gathers for a vigil prior to arguments in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, a case to determine if noncitizens blocked on the Mexican side of the border by U.S. officials can apply for asylum, at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., March 24.
A sign hangs on the fence at the Mexico-U.S. border as the U.S. Supreme Court handed U.S. President Donald Trump a victory by backing the federal government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims, in Mexicali, Mexico, June 25.
A sign hangs on the fence at the Mexico-U.S. border as the U.S. Supreme Court handed U.S. President Donald Trump a victory by backing the federal government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims, in Mexicali, Mexico, June 25.
A demonstrator holds a sign as a small group of clergy gathers for a vigil prior to arguments in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, a case to determine if noncitizens blocked on the Mexican side of the border by U.S. officials can apply for asylum, at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., March 24.
