Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of bias in favor of Trump administration
By J. Edward Moreno - 02/22/20 01:25 PM EST
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion Friday accusing her conservative colleagues of having a bias toward the administration after the court voted to 5–4 to uphold the Trump administration’s public charge rule, what critics call a “wealth test†for legal immigrants.
“Today’s decision follows a now-familiar pattern,†Sotomayor began. “The Government seeks emergency relief from this Court, asking it to grant a stay where two lower courts have not. The Government insists — even though review in a court of appeals is imminent — that it will suffer irreparable harm if this Court does not grant a stay. And the Court yields.â€
The policy in question, the Immigration and Nationality Act, makes immigrants who are “likely at any time to become a public charge†ineligible for greencards. The policy virtually bars legal immigrants from using public assistance, including Medicaid, housing vouchers and food stamps. The five conservative justices ruled in favor of the stay, while the liberal justices — including Sotomayor — opposed it.
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