Supreme Court won't restore rule letting immigration judges pause deportation cases
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to reinstate immigration judges' power to temporarily pause some deportation cases, a practice called administrative closure. The one-sentence order, with no public dissent, denied an emergency request from Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio, New Haven, Connecticut, and the group Centro Legal de la Raza. It leaves in place an agreement between Texas and the Trump administration that blocked a 2024 Biden-era rule. Reuters reports the practice has been used in hundreds of thousands of cases.
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Why it matters
Immigration judges cannot use administrative closure to set aside deportation cases while the Texas agreement stands. Judges had long used the practice when related matters, such as a visa petition, were pending. The cities and advocates say it helped crime victims and neglected juveniles; Texas and the administration say it let people stay indefinitely.
How each side sees it
Sources
- Reuters via Yahoo News: Supreme Court denies immigration judges the power to shelve deportation cases
- AP via Boston Globe: Supreme Court won't intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings
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