SCOTUS Gave the Government a “Blank Check” to Weaken Due Process for Green Card Holders – Mother Jones

In a 6–3 decision signed by Justice Clarence Thomas, the conservative supermajority held that border officers don’t need to have “clear and convincing evidence” that a lawful permanent resident committed a crime involving moral turpitude—a vaguely defined immigration law term that can cover a wide spectrum of crimes generally involving intent to defraud or cause bodily harm—before jeopardizing their rights and ability to stay in the country. In other words, agents at the border have just been given exceptional discretion to bypass protections generally afforded to green card holders...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/scotus-gave-the-government-a-blank-check-to-weaken-due-process-for-green-card-holders/ 

 

ICE Took Their Papers—and Won’t Give Them Back – Mother Jones

Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/ice-detention-keeping-not-returning-immigration-documents-work-permits/ 

 

Key facts about U.S. immigration policies and Biden’s proposed changes | Pew Research Center

The Biden administration is acting on a number of fronts to reverse Trump-era restrictions on immigration to the United States. The steps include plans to boost refugee admissions, preserving deportation relief for unauthorized immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and not enforcing the "public charge" rule that denies green cards to immigrants who might use public benefits like Medicaid...

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/22/key-facts-about-u-s-immigration-policies-and-bidens-proposed-changes/