It's an unfortunate win for the Trump administration.
The New York Times
reported that the court determined that if an asylum seeker's claims are initially denied by immigration officials, they will have no right to challenge that decision in federal court. Under this new ruling, authorities can fast-track the deportation of people who they believe do not have a"credible fear" of persecution in their country of origin.
In the dissenting opinion were Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote that it was wrong to deny constitutional protections to asylum seekers and argued that it"increases the risk of erroneous immigration decisions." Echoing this was the ACLU's Lee Gelernt, who said said the ruling will result in"some people facing flawed deportation orders can be forcibly removed with no judicial oversight, putting their lives in grave danger.
The decision is an unfortunate win for the Trump administration who have argued that the asylum system is abused. They are also seeking to apply a rule that allows the immediate deportation of undocumented immigrants detained within 14 days of entry and within 100 miles of the border to anywhere in the U.S. within two years of entry.
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