United States v. Texas
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 10, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- December 10, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 8–1
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Disposition
- Petition denied or appeal dismissed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 597 U. S. Part 2 Pages 785–840 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 30, 2022 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2021 785 Syllabus BIDEN et al. v. TEXAS et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fth circuit No. 21–954. Argued April 26, 2022—Decided June 30, 2022 In January 2019, the Department of Homeland Security began to imple- ment the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Under MPP, certain non-Mexican nationals arriving by land from Mexico were returned to Mexico to await the results of their removal proceedings under section 1229a of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). MPP was imple- mented pursuant to a provision of the INA that applies to aliens “arriv- ing on land . . . from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States” and provides that the Secretary of Homeland Security “may return the alien to that territory pending a proceeding under section 1229a.” 8 U. S. C. § 1225(b)(2)(C). Following a change in Presidential administra- tions, the Biden administration announced that…
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