Dems erupt in fury after Supreme Court hands Trump victories in two immigration cases: White supremacist agenda
WASHINGTON — Democrats erupted over the Supreme Court for handing dueling victories to the Trump administration on two major immigration cases, with some pushing to expand the bench.The high court ruled that the Trump administration could yank temporary protective status (TPS) away from thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants, and in a separate case, cleared the way for the turning away of migrants who show up at the US-Mexico border before they apply for asylum.“Today Trump’s loyalists in the Supreme Court have joined forces with him to deny immigrants internationally recognized human rights and advance an authoritarian white supremacist agenda,” Rep.Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) fumed.
“We must demand better of our country and its leaders, and we must turn up the volume in the streets, in the courts, and in Congress, because today is a moment to stand up and to fight back.”TPS allows migrants to stay in the US with deportation protection and the ability to pursue work authorization.Justices in the conservative majority had simply ruled that President Trump had the authority based on the statutes Congress had written.With Haitian and Syrian migrants, for example, justices in the conservative majority zeroed in on how the statute behind TPS stipulated there could be “no judicial review of any determination … with respect to the … termination’ of a TPS designation.”Still, Democrats blamed the Supreme Court for allowing Trump to yank TPS for thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants, clearing the way for their deportation.
“The far-right MAGA majority on the Court cannot stand,” Sen.Ed Markey (D-Mass.) raged on X.
“We need to win back the House and the Senate and expand the Court.”His former primary foe, whom he bested in May, Rep.Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), demanded Democrats “reform the court to preserve our rights and protect TPS families.”Rep.
Laura Gillen (D-NY) panned the decision as “cruel” and “un-American.”“This flies i...