Supreme Court Gives Trump Admin Key Immigration Victory

On January 28, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem vacated former Secretary Mayorkas’s January 10, 2025 decision, restoring the status quo that preceded that decision,” it said

U. S. District Judge Edward Chen of the U.

S. District Court for the Northern District of California halted Noem’s plan in March, saying that the portrayal of the migrants as possible criminals was “baseless and smacks of racism.

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Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate a Florida law that would have allowed officials there to prosecute migrants who entered the state illegally Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate a Florida law that would have allowed officials there to prosecute migrants who entered the state illegally

Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate a Florida law that would have allowed officials there to prosecute migrants who entered the state illegally.

The court did not explain its ruling, which also noted the absence of any dissenting opinions. The order was issued in response to an emergency application.

Florida’s immigration law, SB 4-C, criminalizes entering the state after illegally entering the U. S. and evading immigration authorities.