Acting Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Fellow
It’s important to recognize that illegal immigrants don’t have the same due process rights as citizens.
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Key Takeaways
The Supreme Court has upheld commonsense rules used by the Trump administration to effectively deter illegal immigrants from making false asylum claims.
The law says courts can’t review the determination by the Department of Homeland Security that an applicant lacks a credible fear of persecution.
Even liberal Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg concurred in the judgment, although they limited their opinion.