Elliott Young: SCOTUS’s Thuraissigiam Decision is a Threat to all Undocumented Immigrants

Elliott Young on the History News Network sounds the alarm on the Supreme Court’s decision  in Thuraissigiam, which in an opinion by Justice Alito included some expansively restrictive language about the rights of undocumented immigrants:

“The Supreme Court just made it a lot harder for asylum seekers, but its June 25 decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam  also poses a fundamental threat to equal protection of the law for all undocumented immigrants. The complex legal arguments about habeas corpus and the plenary power doctrine all boil down to the opinion’s basic point: immigrants are not protected by the Constitution unless they have been legally admitted to the country.  This stark declaration threatens to overturn decades of court decisions and the Constitution itself.”

Read the article at the link above for further explanation.

KJ