The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Trump administration by deciding federal officials can detain immigrants at any time for possible deportation after they have served their time in the U.S. for other crimes.
The 5-4 decision reversed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which said officials have to detain these immigrants immediately or they are exempt from ever being detained.
Justice Samuel Alito delivered the majority opinion for the court and he was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Justices Steven Breyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented.
At the center
of the case are immigrants Mony Preap and Bassam Yusuf Khoury who are in the
U.S. as lawful permanent residents. Both were convicted of crimes and served
their sentences but were not detained by immigration authorities for removal
proceedings until years after they were released from criminal custody.
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