Ketanji Brown Jackson’s name appears on first Supreme Court order and Amy Coney Barrett agrees with her – By Karen Townsend (Hot Air) / July 22, 2022
It isn’t a huge ruling by the Supreme Court but it is a defeat for the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement policy, at least a temporary defeat. The interesting points of the ruling include the fact that conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the three liberal justices. It is also the first time the newest justice’s name appears on an order released by the Supreme Court.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court denied the Biden administration’s stay request to reinstate an immigration enforcement policy that allows DHS to focus its resources on certain groups of illegal immigrants for deportation over others. At the time that the new policy was implemented by DHS Secretary Mayorkas, Texas and Louisiana filed lawsuits challenging the policy, along with others, and a lower court issued a legal victory for the challengers. The Biden administration asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to block the district court’s judgment but was denied its request so the Biden administration took it to the Supreme Court. The court treated its court filing as a formal petition for appeal and the justices granted it. The case is scheduled to be heard the first week in December, in the court’s next term.
At issue is DHS guidance from last September that directed immigration officers to prioritize certain groups of undocumented immigrants for deportation over others, with a focus on those who pose a threat to public safety or national security. The policy also directed officers to make a more comprehensive assessment of noncitizens before proceeding with an arrest or removal.
Mayorkas wants to use what he calls DHS’s limited resources to arrest or deport illegal aliens who are deemed the most dangerous to society. It’s a piecemeal approach to the immigration crisis that is only getting worse because of Biden’s bone-headed policies, or lack of policies. Officials in several Republican-led states are challenging about a dozen nationwide border or immigration-related policies in federal court.
