Supreme Court Lets Trump Team Withhold DACA Documents for Now
- Justices say a federal judge acted prematurely in lawsuit
- In an earlier ruling, ‘Dreamer’ case divided the high court
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The U.S. Supreme Court said President Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t have to immediately turn over documents consulted by government officials before they acted to end a deferred-deportation program for some young immigrants.
The high court, without published dissent, said a federal trial judge acted prematurely in ordering the administration to produce the materials in a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco. The four-page opinion said the judge should have first considered the administration’s bid to throw out the lawsuit.