ASYLUM RIGHTS; THE JUSTICES WILL RULE ON A BATTLE OVER FAST-TRACK DEPORTATIONS
SEVERAL PARTS of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy have received a friendly reception at the Supreme Court. The justices blessed Mr Trump’s ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, permitted the use of reallocated funds to begin building the southern border wall in July and, last month, allowed harsh asylum restrictions to take effect while litigation continues. Now the justices have agreed to take up another legal question on the issue: whether migrants who qualify for “expedited removal” from America have a constitutional right to plead their cases in court before being thrown out of the country. The case, Department of Homeland Security v Thuraissigiam, will be argued in early 2020 and decided by the end of June.
