US Supreme Court backs Trump policy on green card holder rights
Key takeaways
- Court rules 6-3 that suspicion alone justifies placing green card holders on immigration parole at border crossings.
- Lau, who had not yet been convicted of a crime, argued that the agent overstepped their authority.
- The court ruled 6-3 that the allegation of criminal wrongdoing was a sufficient reason for the border agent to place Lau on immigration parole.
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Court rules 6-3 that suspicion alone justifies placing green card holders on immigration parole at border crossings.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Exterior view of the US Supreme Court Building on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC [Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press Published On 23 Jun 202623 Jun 2026The United States Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a case concerning the government’s power over green card holders, a blow to due-process protections for migrants with legal status.
The court’s conservative majority sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday in a case involving a lawful permanent resident of the US who was placed on immigration parole over criminal allegations upon reentering the country after a trip abroad.