Supreme Court won’t intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court declined to intervene Tuesday in a dispute over a Biden-era immigration regulation that allowed immigration judges to pause some deportation proceedings.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court declined to intervene Tuesday in a dispute over a Biden-era immigration regulation that allowed immigration judges to pause some deportation proceedings.
Article outline
- What happened
- Official response
- The bottom line
Key points
- They filed an emergency appeal before the Supreme Court after a judge refused to allow them to intervene.
- Texas and the Trump administration agreed to a court order blocking the regulation after the state sued.
- The high court turned down a request from Democratic-led cities who say the rule was applied to assist crime victims and neglected juveniles and should be revived.
Meanwhile, the high court turned down a request from Democratic-led cities who say the rule was applied to assist crime victims and neglected juveniles and should be revived.
Texas and the Trump administration agreed to a court order blocking the regulation after the state sued. Texas alleged that the practice called administrative closure was dramatically expanded under former President Joe Biden and effectively allowed individuals to stay in the country indefinitely.
Notably, the cities of Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio and New Haven, Connecticut, along with the legal group Centro Legal de la Raza, had asked to join the case to defend the regulation. They filed an emergency appeal before the Supreme Court after a judge refused to allow them to intervene.
Represented by the group Democracy Forward, they argued that Texas and the Trump administration had worked together to allow the regulation to be permanently blocked in court, bypassing a public rulemaking process.
For context, the Justice Department had pressed the justices to deny the appeal, saying the cities had no legal standing to challenge the settlement and they had not shown they'd suffer immediate legal harm.
Taken together, the developments around supreme Court wont intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
