Supreme Court justices grappled over a president’s power over immigration enforcement Wednesday during oral arguments over a technical challenge to the government’s ability to take away someone’s green card as they enter the country.
Over the course of more than an hour of oral arguments, the justices delved into what checks or reviews, if any, immigration officers would have on the power to take away the more permanent green cards and instead admit those immigrants into the country with the temporary status of parole.
Sopan Joshi, assistant solicitor general, argued federal immigration officials should not have to meet a high standard like “clear and convincing evidence” to do so. Joshi pointed out that in the legal challenge before the justices, an immigration official found on a database that the immigrant had been indicted on a criminal charge.
