SCOTUS Hands Trump Humongous Win After Unanimous Ruling – Justice Jackson Authors

A unanimous Supreme Court ruling handed the Trump administration a significant legal win Wednesday, curtailing the ability of federal courts to second-guess deportation decisions made by immigration judges.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee and one of three liberal justices on the court, authored the opinion.

The decision requires federal appeals courts to apply a deferential standard when reviewing asylum rulings issued by immigration judges.

The case, Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, arose from an asylum application filed by Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana, his wife, and their child — Salvadoran nationals who entered the United States illegally in 2021.

The family sought asylum after Urias-Orellana claimed a hitman, described in court filings as a “sicario,” had targeted him since 2016 following the shooting deaths of two of his half-brothers and a threat to kill other family members.