The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled that Trump can ban immigrants from US entry if they don’t have approved health insurance. Judge Daniel Collins, appointed by the outgoing US President, ruled that Trump had the authority to block immigrants from entering the US without health insurance under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Judge Jay Bybee, appointed under the George W. Bush administration, sided with Judge Collins’ ruling, while Judge A. Wallace Tashima, a Bill Clinton appointee, dissented.
Amid President-elect Joe Biden’s first days in the White House, this Trump victory raises the stakes for the former Vice President of the Obama administration, who has vowed to scrap many of Trump’s controversial US immigration policies.