Supreme Court rules that Trump can deport some people seeking asylum without allowing a case.

[sunonmars]

Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can deport some people seeking asylum without allowing them to make their case

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The high court's 7-2 ruling applies to people who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal.

The justices ruled in the case of man who said he fled persecution as a member of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority, but failed to persuade immigration officials that he faced harm if he returned to Sri Lanka. The man was arrested soon after he slipped across the U.S. border from Mexico.

The high court reversed a lower-court ruling in favor of the man, Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, who was placed in expedited removal proceedings that prohibit people who fail initial interviews from asking federal courts for much help.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. 7-2 decision. Looking for the opinion.

Kagan and Sotomayor dissented. Long opinion. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-161_g314.pdf

I'll have to read the whole thing but a quick skim suggests it has to do with how habeas corpus is used. Looks originalist. Alito (Feh! Ptui!) wrote the majority opinion.

[FBaggins]

2. Here

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-161_g314.pdf