Bay Area immigrant advocates say that a recent Supreme Court decision will bring new risks for green card holders at the border and abroad.
On Tuesday, the Court ruled 6-3 in Blanche v. Lau that border officers do not need “clear and convincing evidence” that a returning green card holder committed a crime before treating them as someone “seeking admission” to the country. That temporary status provides far fewer protections that can lead to detention, parole or being turned away.
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“The Supreme Court decided to give border officials a lot more power and less oversight to decide who can and cannot safely come back into the country,” said Evelyn Wiese, director of the Immigrant Justice Program at the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco. “And this really erodes the due process rights of lawful permanent residents.”
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