What Green Card Holders Need to Know After Supreme Court Ruling

Supreme Court must reform immigration system after landmark decision

In a split ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided that border officials have the right to restrict entry to a green card holder if the resident is suspected of a serious criminal offense. This lowers the minimum requirements for the Department of Homeland Security to keep criminal immigrants out of the nation — but it does not solve the actual issues underlying immigration control. Commentators have already begun calling the decision a v…

Blanche v. Lau: The Supreme Court Just Made Green Card Holders a Lot More Vulnerable at the Border

In September 2007, Muk Choi Lau, a 69-year-old Chinese citizen, became a Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States, also known as a green card holder. In the American immigration system, a green card is basically the next best thing to U.S. citizenship: LPRs are entitled to permanently live and work in the United States, and are generally free to travel to and from the country at will. One federal statute literally defines an LPR returning …

What green card holders need to know after Supreme Court ruling

Attorneys told Newsweek the ruling gives border agents “almost unlimited” discretion over returning green card holders.

SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Federal Gov't Over Immigration Parole for Green Card Holders

The United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Trump Administration Tuesday in a case concerning the federal government’s power over green card holders accused of crimes. The case brought before the Court centered around a 2012 decision made by an immigration officer to put lawful permanent resident Muk Choi Lau on immigration [...] The post SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Federal Gov’t Over Immigration Parole for Green Card Holders appeared…

What Green Card holders need to know after Supreme Court ruling - Times Kuwait

For green card holders, the practical message is straightforward: international travel may carry greater immigration risks if you have pending criminal charges, an unresolved criminal case, or a conviction that could have immigration consequences. Immigration attorneys advise affected residents to seek legal guidance before leaving the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court has made it easier for immigration officials to challenge the reentry of …

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warns the Supreme Court just gave immigration agents a ‘massive blank check’ with decision on green card holders

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply dissented against a recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed federal authorities to strip returning green card holders of standard legal protections when they reenter the country while facing unresolved criminal allegations, warning that the ruling hands immigration agents a “massive blank check” to disrupt the lives of millions of residents. The Supreme Court ruling centered on how immigration officials tre…