Trump Administration Gets High Court Review on Quick Deportation

  • Appeals court said asylum seekers have constitutional rights
  • Justices will hear case involving Tamil man who fled Sri Lanka

   

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Trump administration appeal that could bolster the government’s ability to deport undocumented immigrants quickly after their asylum bids are rejected.

Taking up a politically charged issue, the justices said they’ll review a lower court’s conclusion that people who enter the country illegally have a broad right under the Constitution to make their case to a federal judge before being deported.