Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’ (opens original article in a new tab)

US Supreme Court rulings allowing Trump administration to restrict immigration protections faced sharp criticism from lawmakers and advocacy groups, who called them harmful and discriminatory.

• Supreme court ruled to strip TPS from Haitians and Syrians, risking deportation for 350,000 TPS holders
• Court allowed Trump administration to reshape asylum policy, enabling border officials to turn back asylum seekers at the southern border
• Immigration advocacy groups condemned the decisions as cruel and harmful to human rights and the economy
• Democratic and some Republican lawmakers criticized the rulings as advancing an authoritarian agenda