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A "disturbing" Supreme Court ruling will allow border officials to subject green-card holders to a "Kafkaesque nightmare," per a Slate analysis.

According to the analysis by legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern, the 6-3 Supreme Court vote along usual partisan lines in the case Blanche v. Lau established that border officials don't need "clear and convincing evidence" that green-card holders committed a "crime of moral turpitude" to deny them entry.

The case originates from a lawful permanent resident named Muk Choi Lau, who lost his green card and was paroled into the U.S. after he was accused of selling designer-style shorts with a counterfeit trademark, Stern wrote. Lau argued that the border official shouldn't be able to take his green card and have so much discretion....

The Trump administration is going after a group of legal permanent residents in the United States, according a new report.

The Department of Homeland Security is looking to deport more than 50 green card holders, The New York Times reported. The agency has a "new unit dedicated to revetting thousands of immigrants with permanent residency across the country," and the group is looking into revoking green cards, according to data obtained by The Times.

"The creation of the unit also underscores how aggressively administrations are trying to root out immigrants they believe should be stripped of their legal status and removed from the country," The Times reported. "It is the latest sign that the administration is broadening its immigration crackdown beyond those living in the country illegally to those who have gained lawful status."...

Hearing that the Trump administration plans to deny green cards for immigrants who express their political opinions has commentators sounding the alarm.

Journalist Hamed Aleaziz reported on Saturday that migrants will be denied green cards by the Trump administration if they took part in pro-Palestinian campus protests, criticized Israel online or desecrated an American flag.

The report generated outrage on social media....

Donald Trump's campaign on Sunday walked back one of his most controversial campaign promises, and took heat from conservatives and liberals alike.

Trump recently said that he wants to give green cards to foreign graduates from American colleges, in a clear weakening of his typically far-right view on immigration. This led to harsh pushback from Trump's most loyal supporters, including MAGA activist Laura Loomer.

Over the weekend Fox News reported that the Trump "campaign walked back a promise that the former president would 'automatically' award green cards to migrants after they graduate from college." ...

This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune is a member-supported, nonpartisan newsroom informing and engaging Texans on state politics and policy.

TAMAULIPAS, Mexico — Claudia González was living a quiet, comfortable life in Houston with her husband and their son. She worked as a data entry clerk at an elementary school and went to church every Sunday with her son.

But something always nagged at her — her immigration status....