Supreme Court sides with Trump, makes it easier for border agents to deport green card holders
The decision bolsters federal power over green card holders' residency status.
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday bolstered the ability of federal border agents to remove from the country lawful permanent residents, or green card holders, who may have committed a crime involving "moral turpitude."
In a 6-3 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas in Blanche v. Lau, the court said border agents do not bear the burden of having to prove by "clear and convincing evidence" that an immigrant seeking to re-enter the country after a trip abroad had committed a crime before denying them admission, but need only show that there was reason to believe they had.
"The Immigration and Nationality Act does not impose that requirement," Thomas wrote.
