Jurisprudence
June 25, 20266:28 PM
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The Supreme Court dealt a painful blow to immigrants on Thursday in a pair of 6–3 decisions that expanded President Donald Trump’s drive to turn away or expel as many noncitizens as possible. First, in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the conservative supermajority allowed the government to block refugees at the border, preventing them from entering the country and vindicating their right to seek asylum. Next, in Mullin v. Doe, the same justices allowed Trump to cancel Temporary Protected Status designations for those fleeing Haiti and Syria, subjecting hundreds of thousands of law-abiding migrants to detention and deportation. Justice Samuel Alito authored both opinions with a tone of sneering hostility toward the noncitizens whose lives will now be upended, coupled with obsequious deference to the Trump administration.
