Sonia Sotomayor: “It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the…”

The majority apparently deems it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very real harms while the litigation continues.

This Court has previously recognized that immigration statutes and procedures should not be construed to ‘create a perverse incentive to enter at an unlawful rather than a lawful location. Yet, the majority’s construction does exactly that.

Since 1917, Congress has required immigration officers to inspect noncitizens who arrive at ports of entry to determine whether they may enter the United States.

Because I cannot condone such abuse of our equitable authority, I respectfully dissent.