Supreme Court Upholds Immigration Enforcement Priorities

On Friday, June 23, the US Supreme Court upheld a key part of the Biden administration’s plan for targeted immigration enforcement, ruling the administration may focus its efforts on arresting and deporting those who pose a current danger.

In a 8-1 decision, the justices ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to sue in order to require a more aggressive federal policy of arrests.

The majority opinion, authored by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, invoked the conservative principle that judges should not make government policy through politically-driven lawsuits. Moreover, the opinion stated, enforcing the immigration laws has long been understood in the United States to be the job of the executive branch, not the courts.