TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 17, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday limited the ability of federal courts to review certain factual findings in immigration proceedings that determine whether noncitizens will be deported or allowed to remain in the country. The majority opinion, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, states that federal law prevents review of factual findings that are connected to the executive branch’s judgments about granting discretionary immigration relief. “Federal courts have a very limited role to play in this process,” Barrett wrote. “With an exception for legal and constitutional questions, Congress has barred judicial review of the Attorney General’s decisions denying discretionary relief from removal.” Justice Neil Gorsuch joined with the court’s three more liberal justices in dissent. Read more in SCOTUSBlog.