U.S. Supreme Court clears way for Trump‑era mass deportations

On the same day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two 6‑3 rulings that expand the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. In the case of Muk Choi Lau, a Chinese permanent‑resident, the Court held that border officials do not need to show “clear and convincing evidence” of a crime before stripping permanent‑resident status, giving the executive a broad waiver on deportations. In separate cases (Mullin v. Al otro lado and Mullin v. Doe), the Court affirmed the government’s right to reject asylum seekers at the border and to cancel Temporary Protected Status without judicial review. The decisions could affect up to 300,000 Haitian TPS recipients and thousands of Syrian, Venezuelan, Ukrainian and Afghan nationals. Dissenting justices warned that the rulings give the government “a blank check of broad scope” and constitute “a betrayal of our values and the promise to protect people from forced displacement.”