WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an emergency request to revive a Biden-era immigration regulation that permitted immigration judges to pause certain deportation cases.
Baltimore; Columbus, Ohio; and New Haven, Connecticut, joined Centro Legal de la Raza in seeking to defend the rule after Texas sued to block it. The cities and legal group asked to intervene in the case, but a judge denied that request.
Texas and the Trump administration agreed to a court order blocking the regulation. Texas had argued that the use of administrative closure increased substantially during former President Joe Biden’s administration.
Represented by Democracy Forward, the cities and Centro Legal de la Raza filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to allow their intervention and restore the regulation.
The Justice Department urged the court to reject the request, arguing that the cities did not have legal standing and had not established immediate legal harm from the rule’s suspension.
The court’s action leaves the order blocking the immigration regulation in place.
Category: Constitution
Tags: Supreme Court, Immigration, Justice Department, Donald Trump