The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will speed up a case involving the Trump administration’s request to cancel the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty, moving to grab a piece of the unfolding immigration debate.
In a brief order, the justices said they have granted the administration’s request to hear the case even before a ruling by a lower appeals court. Such requests are rarely granted.
A district judge issued a controversial ruling earlier this month that found the 2012 DACA program legal, and found the Homeland Security secretary’s decision to undo the program illegal.
Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee to the bench, also ruled then-candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Mexicans proved he had racial animus, which the judge said colored the Homeland Security Department’s decision to phase out DACA.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said the ruling “defies both law and common sense.”
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