"Solicitor General D. John Sauer stated that the statute clearly bars any court review of the administration's decisions regarding Temporary Protected Status, insisting that none of the procedural steps required by the statute are reviewable."
"Justice Sonia Sotomayor challenged Sauer's position, questioning whether Congress wrote a statute for no purpose, while Justice Elena Kagan raised concerns about the secretary of Homeland Security consulting with the U.S. State Department."
"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson posed a hypothetical about the secretary using a Ouija board for decision-making, emphasizing the absurdity of the lack of review in the process."
The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears inclined to permit the Trump administration to proceed with mass deportations affecting over a million foreign nationals with Temporary Protected Status. This status was granted due to unsafe conditions in their home countries. The administration's solicitor general argued that courts cannot review decisions made under the statute. Liberal justices questioned the implications of this stance, highlighting concerns about procedural fairness and the decision-making process of the Homeland Security secretary.
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