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SCOTUS 6-3 Ruling Broadens Green-Card Parole Authority

6/24/2026

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Supreme Court Expands

The 6-3 decision expands the administration’s power to parole green-card holders without clear proof of a crime involving moral turpitude.
The Supreme Court affirmed the parole of lawful permanent resident Muk Choi Lau after his guilty plea to a counterfeiting scheme.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, warning the ruling gives the government a massive blank check.
The Court is also reviewing challenges to birthright citizenship, asylum limits, and disaster-relief migrant protections.

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Trump Challenges Citizenship

President Donald Trump will argue before Supreme Court on a case that could end citizenship for undocumented immigrants' children summer.
A three-judge D.C. Circuit panel revived the Trump administration’s fast-track deportation process, allowing expedited removal nationwide.
The 2-to-1 decision featured Trump-appointed judges in the majority and an Obama appointee dissenting.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned the ruling gives the government a massive blank check.

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Historical Context

Congress enacted the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996, signed by President Bill Clinton and effective April 1 1997, creating expedited removal and raising annual deportations to over 180,000. The 2024 Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision allowing parole for green-card holders, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting, revives the Act’s expanded executive removal power.

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Supreme Court Expands

The 6-3 decision expands the administration’s power to parole green-card holders without clear proof of a crime involving moral turpitude.
The Supreme Court affirmed the parole of lawful permanent resident Muk Choi Lau after his guilty plea to a counterfeiting scheme.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, warning the ruling gives the government a massive blank check.
The Court is also reviewing challenges to birthright citizenship, asylum limits, and disaster-relief migrant protections.

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