The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young illegal immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his re-election campaign.
For now, those immigrants retain their protection from deportation and their authorization to work in the United States.
The outcome seems certain to elevate the issue in Trump’s campaign, given the anti-illegal immigration rhetoric of his first presidential run in 2016 and restrictions on illegal immigration his administration has imposed since then.