Supreme Court unanimous ruling may pave way for mass deportation
The Center Square ^ | 17 Dec 2024 | Bethany Blankley
Posted on 12/19/2024 2:15:35 AM PST by blueplum
(The Center Square) – A unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated.
The ruling was issued in a “sham marriage” case ...The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, which in a 9-0 vote affirmed both lower court rulings.
“Section 1155 is a quintessential grant of discretion,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a President Joe Biden appointee, wrote in the decision. “The Secretary ‘may’ revoke a previously approved visa petition ‘at any time’ for what the Secretary deems ‘good and sufficient cause.’ Congress did not impose specific criteria or conditions limiting this authority, nor did it prescribe how or when the Secretary must act.”...
The ruling was issued after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month that the federal government has the authority to deport illegal foreign nationals over the objection of local authorities...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ice; immigration; scotus; supremes
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