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Furthermore, this ruling highlights the evolving role of the federal judiciary in administrative law. By emphasizing that immigration courts are the primary bodies responsible for determining facts, the Supreme Court is reinforcing a boundary between the executive branch—which oversees immigration judges through the Department of Justice—and the judicial branch. This separation ensures that the appellate courts remain focused on broad legal principles and constitutional interpretations rather than the granular details of individual cases. While this may be sound from a constitutional theory perspective, the human reality is that the “granular details” are exactly what determine an asylum seeker’s fate.
