The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Joe Biden did not violate immigration law when the administration put an end to the Trump-era policy that allowed migrants to be sent back to Mexico to await immigration proceedings.
The 5-4 ruling in favor of the Biden administration move comes just days after a semi-truck full of migrants was found abandoned near San Antonio with 53 dead inside.
The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) was put in place by Donald Trump to help quell the build up of migrants at the border and throughout the country as they were released pending immigration hearings.
Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative, delivered the opinion taking the Biden administration's side – he was joined by all three liberal justices as well as fellow conservative Brett Kavanuagh.
The dissenting opinion was written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito and was joined by the remaining conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett.
Republicans immediately lashed out at the move, claiming an end to MPP will lead to an increase in illegally crossings, drug trafficking and deadly human smuggling – including the incident on Monday where 53 migrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor trailer.
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