Supreme Court skeptical of Biden administration’s immigrant

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared likely to limit the federal government’s discretion when enforcing guidelines dealing with illegal migrant deportations, an important case over the Biden administration’s immigration strategy.

In more than two hours of intense oral arguments on Tuesday, all six conservative justices had tough questions about the 2021 Department of Homeland Security policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation– only those considered a serious threat to public safety, border security, terrorism or espionage.

A ruling could put more pressure on the federal government to adopt a tougher removal policy for a broader range of illegal immigrants, including those that may not have committed a crime and have been in the U-S for years.

Chief Justice John Roberts noted federal immigration law mandates DHS “shall” detain and remove most non-citizens in the country illegally.

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“It’s our job to say what the law is, not whether or not it can be possibly implemented or whether there are difficulties there,” said Roberts. “And I don’t think we should change that responsibility just because Congress and the executive can’t agree on something that’s possible to address this problem. I don’t think we should let them off the hook. So shouldn’t we just say what we think the law is, even if we think ‘shall’ means ‘shall,’ and then leave it for them to sort that out?”

However, the Biden Justice Department argued the federal government is dealing with the reality of limited resources due to congressional funding inaction, and that it retains discretion on enforcing the policies.

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