By Andrew Chung
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for federal authorities to deport certain immigrants who have committed crimes in a victory for President Donald Trump’s administration.
The court ruled 5-4, with the conservative justices in the majority, to uphold a lower court decision that found a legal permanent resident from Jamaica named Andre Martello Barton ineligible to have his deportation canceled under a U.S. law that lets some longtime legal residents avoid expulsion.
Barton was targeted for deportation after criminal convictions in Georgia for drug and gun crimes.
(Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will Dunham)
