Supreme court gives Trump big win on fast-track removal of asylum seekers

Supreme Court Rules President Trump Can Not End The Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program

BYJOHN KRUZEL-

The nation's highest court handed the Trump administration a win on Thursday by ruling that asylum seekers have no right to a federal court hearing before being removed from the U.S.

The Supreme court's 7-2 decision allows the administration to fast-track the removal process, and could affect thousands of immigrants.

Lawyers argued on the issue of whether a federal immigration law that aims to reduce meritless asylum claims through expedited proceedings violated immigrants’ due process rights under the Constitution.

More: TheHill.com


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