Supreme Court

Family or four, two girls, man and woman sit together on boardwalk at sunset

‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family

Abdo Elfgeeh held on to hope that they would reunite though war split them apart. The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday changed his mind.

‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family
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Why the Trump administration is asking the courts to remove safeguards for detaining migrant children

Why the Trump administration is asking the courts to remove safeguards for detaining migrant children
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., April 25, 2018, while the court justices consider case regarding presidential powers as it weighs the legality of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban.

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Trump’s travel ban

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Trump’s travel ban
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President Obama created DACA. Why won't courts let President Trump end it?

President Obama created DACA. Why won't courts let President Trump end it?
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Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention

Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention
WI State Capitol building

What’s the best way to test for partisan gerrymandering?

The topic was hot in the Supreme Court last month as justices heard oral arguments in the Wisconsin gerrymandering case.

What’s the best way to test for partisan gerrymandering?
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The Supreme Court is considering whether immigrants detained for more than six months should have a chance at bail

In criminal law, people have the right to a bail hearing while they await trial. The Supreme Court is deciding if immigrants have that same right while they fight deportation.

The Supreme Court is considering whether immigrants detained for more than six months should have a chance at bail
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Coming to America: A mistake? Many parents of DACA recipients are wondering.

At a protest in Jackson Heights, New York, one mother says she sometimes wonders if she made the right choice to leave Mexico.

Coming to America: A mistake? Many parents of DACA recipients are wondering.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks

Protests persuade Polish president to veto court reforms

In a surprising move, Polish president Andrzej Duda on Monday vetoed controversial judicial reforms that had prompted huge street protests and threats of unprecedented EU sanctions.

Protests persuade Polish president to veto court reforms
Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch stands with Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Feb. 1, 2017.

Watch live: Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch

President Donald Trump's pick to join the Supreme Court has served as a federal appeals court judge for the last decade. If confirmed, Gorsuch would fill the seat left vacant by the death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia, who died more than a year ago in the middle of the presidential election campaign.

Watch live: Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
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I know you voted for Trump for a better future. But please don’t forget my future.

Luis Mancheno disagrees with Trump’s positions on almost everything, and he hopes his fellow Americans won’t leave him behind.

I know you voted for Trump for a better future. But please don’t forget my future.
One man and three women hold signs that say "DAPA now!" and "DAPA Ahora!" before a wall covered with a mural, barely visible.

While the Supreme Court considers deportation policy, the roots of deportation itself come from a much earlier case

In 1893, three men went to the Supreme Court and challenged the authority of the US to deport immigrants. The case’s decision laid the groundwork for the federal government’s long history of deportation.

While the Supreme Court considers deportation policy, the roots of deportation itself come from a much earlier case
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Until Monday, the EPA was making progress with President Obama's clean power plan

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy says the agency’s efforts to fight global warming have put the United States in a good position to be a leader at the Paris climate negotiations in the fall.

Until Monday, the EPA was making progress with President Obama's clean power plan
A supporter of the Affordable Care Act celebrates last week after the Supreme Court upheld the law in a 6-3 vote. The Court upheld the nationwide availability of tax subsidies that are crucial to the law's implementation.

A son to his mom: 'You’re OK. The court said it was OK.'

For the writer's mother, a housekeeper who worked on a green card she got in 1986, a woman who had never been able to take a vacation or make an emergency room visit, the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act came like a dispatch from God.

A son to his mom: 'You’re OK. The court said it was OK.'
A US military naturalization ceremony in South Korea in 2008.

A brief history of immigration and education in the US

Immigration and schooling have a long, strange history together in America. Here are a few of the highlights over the past 110 years.

A brief history of immigration and education in the US