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US Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Restore Immigration Judges’ Deportation Powers

The ruling preserves the end of a practice known as administrative closure, which allowed judges to pause cases while related legal matters, such as visa applications or criminal appeals, were resolved.

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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to restore immigration judges’ authority to temporarily suspend certain deportation proceedings, leaving a deal between President Donald Trump’s administration and Texas in place.

The ruling preserves the end of a practice known as administrative closure, which allowed judges to pause cases while related legal matters, such as visa applications or criminal appeals, were resolved.

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The agreement was approved by a federal judge in Texas in June after the state challenged a Biden-era regulation that formally recognized the practice. The Trump administration joined Texas in arguing that administrative closure could allow immigrants without legal status to remain in the country indefinitely.

Baltimore, New Haven, Columbus and immigrant legal services provider Centro Legal de la Raza sought to block the agreement while their challenge continued. They alleged that Texas and the federal government had coordinated to eliminate the regulation improperly.

The Supreme Court issued a brief order without explaining its decision. No justice publicly dissented.

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