Supreme Court hands Biden admin major win on challenge to ICE enforcement policy
8-1 Supreme Court ruling says Republican states 'brought an extraordinarily unusual lawsuit'
The Supreme Court
on Friday handed the Biden administration a major victory on a key
immigration case – ruling that GOP-led states do not have standing to
challenge a policy narrowing federal immigration enforcement.
The justices, in an 8-1 ruling in U.S. v Texas, found that Republican states did not have standing to challenge a narrowing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) priorities for arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants.
"In
sum, the States have brought an extraordinarily unusual lawsuit. They
want a federal court to order the Executive Branch to alter its arrest
policies so as to make more arrests. Federal courts have not
traditionally entertained that kind of lawsuit; indeed, the States cite
no precedent for a lawsuit like this," the opinion, written by Justice
Brett Kavanaugh, said.
Justice Samuel Alito was the sole dissenting justice. Read more and see video here.
