A challenge from Texas and Louisiana to President Joe Biden’s deportation policies was rejected by the Supreme Court in a decision released Friday.
The suit, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, had hoped to overturn Biden’s deportation policy, which they argued violated federal law by focusing primarily on the deportation of those with criminal convictions or terrorist connections, and not by deporting all illegal immigrants regardless of criminal status.
“They want a federal court to order the Executive Branch to alter its arrest policies so as to make more arrests,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in an 8-1 majority opinion. “Federal courts have not traditionally entertained that kind of lawsuit; indeed, the States cite no precedent for a lawsuit like this.”
Justice Samuel Alito argued that Texas did have standing to challenge the policy, saying that the majority opinion harmed the ability of the states to push back on…
