Sonia Sotomayor: “intrusions by a judge upon the functions of other branches of government should only be done as a last resort and…”

In the end, to the Court, the facts do not matter, even though the consequences are serious.

More people will turn back and be subjected to violence because of something they cannot or should not have to change about themselves, such as their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.

Congress created the Department, and only Congress can abolish it.

Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980 because it did not want this country to repeat the mistakes of its past.