lawful permanent residents

The US Supreme Court has supported Trump's immigration policies by ending humanitarian protections for people from Haiti and Syria, blocking asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, and granting border officials discretion to deport lawful permanent residents. The rulings align with Trump's campaign against immigrants fleeing violence and disaster.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that immigration officials do not need to establish clear and convincing evidence at the border to place returning green card holders on immigration parole, allowing removal proceedings to begin based on later-developed evidence. The decision centered on Muk Choi Lau, a lawful permanent resident accused of trademark counterfeiting, whose case highlighted a dispute over when and how evidence against green card holders is evaluated.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow border agents to parole certain green card holders under specific circumstances, rejecting limits on when lawful permanent residents can be stripped of reentry benefits. The decision centered on a case involving Muk Choi Lau, a green card holder paroled after facing criminal charges, with dissenting justices warning the ruling grants unchecked power to the government.

The US temporarily bans green-card holders from entering the country if they have traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the last 21 days to prevent the spread of Ebola. The policy expands previous restrictions that exempted US citizens and lawful permanent residents but now includes them under specific travel conditions.