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US Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban and Overturns 1944 Justification of Detention Camps

Posted on June 26, 2018 (November 19, 2019) by ProCon.org

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s travel ban as a national security measure. The Court simultaneously overruled the 1944 Korematsu v. US ruling that justified the detention of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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ProCon.org is the institutional or organization author for all ProCon.org pages. Proper citation depends on your preferred or required style manual. Below are the proper citations for this page according to four style manuals (in alphabetical order): the Modern Language Association Style Manual (MLA), the Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago), the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), and Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian). Here are the proper bibliographic citations for this page according to four style manuals (in alphabetical order):

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APA (6th ed.):
ProCon.org. (2018, June 26). US Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban and Overturns 1944 Justification of Detention Camps. Retrieved from https://immigration.procon.org/us-supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-and-overturns-1944-justification-of-detention-camps/

[Editor's Note: The APA citation style requires double spacing within entries.]

Chicago (17th ed.):
ProCon.org, "US Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban and Overturns 1944 Justification of Detention Camps," ProCon.org. last modified June 26, 2018. https://immigration.procon.org/us-supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-and-overturns-1944-justification-of-detention-camps/.
MLA (8th ed.):
ProCon.org, "US Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban and Overturns 1944 Justification of Detention Camps." ProCon.org. 26 June 2018, immigration.procon.org/us-supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-and-overturns-1944-justification-of-detention-camps/

[Editor’s Note: The MLA citation style requires double spacing within entries.]

Turabian (8th ed.):
ProCon.org. "US Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban and Overturns 1944 Justification of Detention Camps." ProCon.org. Last modified on June 26, 2018. Accessed September 18, 2021. https://immigration.procon.org/us-supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-and-overturns-1944-justification-of-detention-camps/