President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let him end deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, urging the justices to take the unusual step of bypassing three federal appeals courts to get the case resolved by next summer.
The appeal challenges the decision of three federal trial judge to block Trump from abolishing the program, started by his predecessor, Barack Obama. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, shielding them from deportation and letting them seek work permits.
The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in May ...
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