Portugal’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Migratory Reform: A Warning for America’s Sovereignty

In a striking blow to Portugal’s government, the Constitutional Court declared key provisions of the recent migration reform unconstitutional, primarily targeting changes that sought to limit family reunification for legal migrants. The law, pushed by conservative Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's coalition with the far-right, aimed to impose a two-year residency waiting period before migrants could apply for family reunification.However, the court ruled this restriction violated fundamental constitutional protections around family unity. As President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa recognized, such measures appear "disproportionate and unequal" in restricting the principle of family togetherness—a core social value that even migration policy must respect.When...