In the second and last decision of this term, the Supreme Court has given Biden the go ahead to end the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy which began under Trump:
The Supreme Court ALLOWS the Biden administration to terminate the controversial Trump-era asylum policy known as "remain in Mexico." Red states argued that Biden was obliged to keep the policy, but SCOTUS says in a 5-4 ruling that the administration can end it.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2022
The ruling was 5-4, with both Roberts and Kavanaugh siding with the three liberal justices. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett all dissent:
Here is the opinion from John Roberts in Biden v. Texas: https://t.co/zuSZpiDQP0. Roberts is joined by the three liberals + Kavanaugh. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett dissent.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2022
I would say this is a big deal but as we reported the other day, the Biden administration has been flouting the courts and barely using the policy.
Now it appears they can end it, but they’ll need the lower courts to determine how they go about ending it:
#BREAKING: Supreme Court rules President Biden has the authority to end Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" immigration policy (Title 42) subject to lower court's determination of how the admin can go about it. MORE: https://t.co/mBiMvyITYO
— Polo Sandoval (@PoloSandovalCNN) June 30, 2022