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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This is more comical bs.
Everyone of these illegal invaders have committed a crime when they crossed into the US. Second offense is a felony.
Now you black robbed thugs, really support our laws and adhere to your oath..POS
Even so, Joe will not deport anyone. So this is a paper win only.
All crimes are serious, otherwise why have laws against them.
Illegals should be deported for the crime of breaking our immigration laws, they are in the country illegally, after all.
ALL illegals need to be deported the second they step into this country!!!
That would be ALL of them; for it's a CRIME to enter our country ILLEGALLY!!
I shudda read ahead
Yeah. . .as if identity theft is not a serious crime.
AND. . .drive them to the polls and buy them lunch afterwards.
Great we could get Harris in there. She would fix things up.
so now we’ve established that using a fraudulent SS# is a serious crime.
What options remain for illegals?
Can they get a SS# legally even though they are illegals?
Does this mean every illegal working under a fake SS# can be deported?
These grass crawling invaders should ALL be deported. No damn questions asked. They committed a crime when they crossed into our country ILLEGALLY!!!!!!!
I wish invading the US was crime.
Unfortunately, for first time illegal aliens, it is more of a regulation violation, like speeding or having a headlight out.
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