Justice Jackson, who grew up in Miami, opposed allowing Trump to deport Venezuelans with TPS

In this file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during the street-naming ceremony held in Miami at the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center in Miami on March 6, 2023. Jose A. Iglesias [email protected]

Immigration

By Jay Weaver

Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was known as a formidable debater at Miami Palmetto Senior High School in the 1980s, joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its first Black female justice three ago ago.

On Monday, Jackson was the only justice whose name appeared on the Supreme Court’s momentous decision that allows the Trump administration to revoke deportation and work protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants.

Jackson opposed the court’s unsigned order in favor of the administration. Its ruling reversed a federal judge’s decision blocking the Trump administration from revoking the Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Venezuelans living and working in Florida and other states.

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