Washington DC, 23/6: The US Supreme Court on Friday gave President Joe Biden’s administration the green light to move ahead with guidelines shifting immigration enforcement toward countering public safety threats, handing him a victory on the politically contentious issue in a legal battle with Texas and Louisiana.
The justices ruled 8-1 in favor of the administration’s appeal of a judge’s ruling that had halted US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidelines narrowing the scope of those who can be targeted by immigration agents for arrest and deportation. The Republican attorneys general in those two states filed suit to challenge Biden’s policy.
The justices determined that the two states did not have legal standing to bring the legal challenge. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the decision.
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