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Supreme Court declines to restore judges' power to pause deportations
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to reinstate a Biden-era policy that let immigration judges temporarily pause deportation cases, leaving in place an agreement between President Donald Trump's administration and Texas.[10, 11, 12] The unsigned, one-sentence order denied an emergency request by three Democratic-led cities, including Baltimore, and an immigrant rights group, and offered no explanation.[1, 10, 12] The agreement followed a lower court ruling in June that blocked the policy, after Texas sued and the Trump administration opted not to defend the rule.[3, 12, 16]
The cities and immigrant advocates said the practice, known as administrative closure, helped protect crime victims and neglected children, and they called the settlement collusion.[4, 5, 12] Texas argued the policy enabled immigrants to remain in the country, and the court's decision hands the administration an immigration win.[2, 12]
Why it matters Thousands of deportation cases that judges had closed under the Biden-era practice of administrative closure can now move forward while appeals are decided.[2, 5]
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Of the 17 rated outlets that covered it, 5 are left of center (1 of them in the Left group), 5 are center and 7 are right of center (6 of them in the Right group).
- Left: Truthout (−2.23).
- Leans left: The New Republic (−1.09), HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), The New York Times (−0.70).
- Center: Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: Washington Examiner (+1.34), WorldNetDaily (+1.44), IJR (+1.52), The Federalist (+2.13), The Daily Signal (+2.20), Conservative Review (+2.76).
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