Trump finds partner in supreme court in his war against immigration

Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disaster

In the US supreme court, it seems Donald Trump has found loyalists in his crusade against immigration and immigrants.

In a pair of rulings Thursday, the court allowed the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections that have granted people from Haiti and Syria the right to live and work legally in the US for more than a decade, and cleared way for the government to turn away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border by physically blocking them from setting foot on US soil. And on Tuesday, the court granted border officials broad discretion to deport lawful permanent residents or green card holders.