US Supreme Court backs Trump policy on green card holder rights

<p>The <a href="/news/2026/6/18/us-supreme-court-eases-restrictions-on-drug-users-owning-firearms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">United States Supreme Court</a> has sided with the Trump administration in a case concerning the government’s power over green card holders, a blow to due-process protections for migrants with legal status.</p>

<p>The court’s conservative majority sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday in a case involving a lawful permanent resident of the US who was placed on immigration parole over criminal allegations upon reentering the country after a trip abroad.</p>

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<p>The case centred on a green card holder, Muk Choi Lau, who was placed on immigration parole upon returning to the US from a trip to China in 2012 by an immigration officer because Lau had been accused of selling counterfeit clothing. Lau, who had not yet been convicted of a crime, argued that the agent overstepped their authority.</p>

<p>The court ruled 6-3 that the allegation of criminal wrongdoing was a sufficient reason for the border agent to place Lau on immigration parole.</p>