The ruling, written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, found that limiting judicial scrutiny of his rapid deportation case, known as expedited removal, did not violate key safeguards of individual liberty in the U.S. Constitution. Two of the court’s four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined the five conservative justices on the outcome but did not embrace Alito’s reasoning. Last week, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to Trump by blocking his attempt to rescind a government program that protects “Dreamers” - mostly immigrants from Latin America brought to the United States illegally as children - from deportation. Thuraissigiam sought asylum in the United States, claiming that as a member of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority he was tortured over his political ties and subjected to beatings and simulated drowning. He fled Sri Lanka in 2016 and was arrested in 2017 just north of the U.S. border between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico.

Source: Huffington Post June 25, 2020 14:17 UTC