Posted on 03/04/2021 9:27:44 PM PST by bitt
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier to deport illegal immigrants who have been convicted of a crime.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for a 5-3 conservative majority that ruled against a Mexican citizen who entered the U.S. illegally and has lived in the country for 25 years.
The man, Clemente Avelino Pereida, had been charged in Nebraska with using a fraudulent Social Security card to get a job and convicted under a state law against criminal impersonation.
Illegal immigrants with criminal convictions who are facing deportation can ask the attorney general to allow them to remain in the U.S. if the conviction wasn’t for a serious crime and if they have lived in the country at least 10 years, among other criteria.
Gorsuch wrote for the court that Pereida failed to prove he was not convicted of a serious crime.
Under immigration law, “certain nonpermanent aliens seeking to cancel a lawful removal order must prove that they have not been convicted of a disqualifying crime,” Gorsuch wrote.
In a dissent for the three liberal justices, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the court instead should have ruled for Pereida because he was convicted under a law that includes serious offenses and less serious ones.
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Gotcha.
Perfect. All Ken Paxton has to do is charge every illegal with violating immigration laws, and as such send all illegals in detention centers home since they all broke the law, and are all technically all criminals. If Biden don't like it, talk to SCOTUS
Meanwhile Occupier Biden is having them flood into the country.
The left always picks the maximum sympathy case to make precedent. This guy has been here for 25 years. I guess they couldn’t find a grandmother.
30-40 M, accurate
The 11M used for years is absurd
Many of them have voting age children, who also have kids!
That spikes it way up.
I think the SCOTUS is going to turn rather unfriendly to
Biden, but I’d admit it’s a long shot.********
Could happen, even scotus are human and could get tired of dems acting like the own the supremes.
In a dissent for the three liberal justices, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the court instead should have ruled for Pereida because he was convicted under a law that includes serious offenses and less serious ones*****
Stupid
So if some one is convicted of mass murder rape and mutilation also had a parking ticket, he should be allowed to stay
Liberals brains don’t work properly.
It’s bizarre the thinking of top law ppl.
That’s true. All estimates are for original interlopers.
Kids could bump that up by 50%-150%.
One can hope...
I’m thinking the high side of the %
Every single illegal alien has committed at least one crime!
“Well, there’s one in a row...”
Finally one for the good guys.
Brock?
Yeah. The white 0bama.
Illegal aliens can be deported administratively without having to be prosecuted for illegally entering the country or any other crime. Unlawful presence is all that is required.
To require a conviction for removal would completely overwhelm or federal court system.
Supreme Court Paves the Way for Deportation of Criminal Illegal Immigrants
Wait. Isn’t “illegal” criminal? I thought illegal meant not lawful or CRIMINAL.
Criminal Illegal is therefore redundant.
So the SC can’t tell the difference.
LOL They’ll just walk back in and the democRATS will welcome them again!
Could be. We’ll stay tuned...
Exactly...
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