Posted on 04/22/2025 12:47:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
BREAKING: Gorsuch and Roberts Side with Liberal Justices — Illegal Alien Can Ignore Deportation Deadline If It Falls on a Weekend or Holiday
In yet another blow to immigration law enforcement, the Supreme Court today ruled 5–4 in Monsalvo Velázquez v. Bondi that illegal aliens granted voluntary departure under federal immigration law can remain in the United States past their court-ordered departure deadline—if that deadline happens to fall on a weekend or legal holiday.
Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion, joined by Justices Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, effectively rewriting the meaning of a “60-day” voluntary departure period to accommodate the convenience of deportable individuals, not the rule of law.
At the center of the case was Hugo Monsalvo Velázquez, a Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally nearly two decades ago and was ordered to leave within 60 days.
His departure deadline fell on a Saturday, but instead of leaving, he filed a motion to reopen his case on the following Monday.
Both the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that he had missed his deadline. But the Supreme Court has now overruled them, injecting ambiguity into what was once a firm immigration deadline.
In a strong dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas—joined by Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett—blasted the majority for stretching the law beyond its clear terms, arguing that “60 days means 60 days,” not “whenever the alien gets around to it.”
“The merits question in this case—whether petitioner left the United States within “60 days” after October 12, 2021— is straightforward,” Alito wrote in his opinion...
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This is either stupid or crazy, probably both.
Well, at least Barrett was on the right side this time. I’m a bit surprised at that.
Seems rather pointless . Just shows how petty the alleged greatest legal minds of the country think.
Gotta slow-walk the deportation of undocumented Democrat ballots... uh, I mean voters... as much as possible.
see, so HERE Gorsuch and Roberts went left. and ACB, whom many here denigrate, had the sanity to rule correctly.
They probably take turns on who gets to pretend to be rational for each ruling.
So make certain all departure deadlines are on weekdays and non holidays.
Idiocy.
Wait so as long as it doesnt fall on a weekend or holiday we can deport their asses?
Those three probably take turns on who gets to pretend to be rational for each ruling if they can get it to 5-4 without them.
You have got to be kidding!
Roberts clearly does not believe our country should have or maintain any borders whatsoever. How dangerously ridiculous is that? I’ll bet even some of the well known liberal supremes may not agree with that view.
Next it will be no ICE raids after bedtime hours or before breakfast if any residents are minors
Did this come from the Bee?
If every illegal got “Due process” it would take over 50 yrs to get rid of them all
If I were writing a script I would have one of their children killed on a weekend by an illegal that, but for this ruling, would have been out of the country. Meh, I guess it’s been done, it was called Spider-Man.
I have no problem with granting them until Monday for the hearing but that’s not the point. What they really are doing is delaying their deportation for as long as possible.
You catch on quick!
End sarcasm. I am not making fun of you. Just pointing out that you stated the actual plan.
That is typical of both the civil and criminal timing rules. No great surprise.
On the one hand it’s only 2 sometimes 3 days more.
On the other hand, he had 60 days. Why not wait until Leap Day?
Is the point that he can’t file to reopen his case on the very last day if it’s a weekend?
Started laughing before I clicked on the link because I thought it was The Bee.
Good to know. I plan to quote this decision if I’m ever pulled over by a cop on a Saturday or a Sunday.
Traffic cop: “You were going 20 miles per hour over the speed limit.”
Me: “But it’s a weekend!”
The cop would then have to let me go. It’s a Supreme Court ruling, after all.
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