The Supreme Court on Oct. 27 allowed an immigration agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to stay in effect, rejecting a bid from three cities and a nonprofit to block it.
Justice Samuel Alito referred the appeal to the full Supreme Court, which then denied it, the court said on Tuesday. It did not list any opinions from justices on the matter.
The city of Baltimore and the other applicants had asked the nation’s top court to block an order from a U.S. district court judge in Texas that found illegal a regulation promulgated during the Biden administration. The rule allowed immigration judges to indefinitely close or suspend adjudication of deportation cases if doing so would be efficient or protect a claimant’s due process rights….