WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has decided to review a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that held that only the federal government has the legal authority under U.S. immigration laws to prosecute illegal aliens for identity theft.
Urged on by Kansas and the Trump administration, the high court agreed March 18 to take up what promises to be a politically fraught appeal in an age in which virtually every aspect of the American immigration system is controversial or under attack. The appeal comes as President Donald Trump battles Congress over his declaration under the National Emergencies Act that allowed him to divert monies already appropriated for other federal projects to the wall or border barrier he wants to build on the nation’s porous southern boundary with Mexico.
