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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Sort of what I thought.
“Well, at least Barrett was on the right side this time. I’m a bit surprised at that.”
They probably work it out among themselves to take turns siding with the Progressives so that none of the ostensible constitutionalists look too bad.
Respectfully, we need to stop this “hair on fire” crap every time SCOTUS or a court makes a ruling. While I understand that SCOTUS can be somewhat political on some issues, 95% of the time they are simply trying to interpret the law in areas where Congress did not make things crystal clear. Really? Is this a huge loss for those who favor mass deportations? This article is ridiculous.
I read gateway pundit every day...
They are right on top of another of things happening today...
Having said that..
They are the Grand Funk Railroad of reporting.....
Mostly hype..lol
Alot of things...
Darn autocorrect
The SCOTUS is NOT our savior!
It is wrong to keep blithely thinking they will “stop rogue judges” or even do what’s right.
They prove it constantly and have since at least Bush II.
The day will be rued...
The supreme court is basically daring the Trump administration to ignore them at this point. By the time this gaggle of idiots is done they will have destroyed the judiciary as an institution.
So you can commit crimes on holidays and weekends? Our judiciary is a laughingstock from top to bottom.
The Judicial System has never been about finding the truth. It is a money scheme for and set up by lawyers.
Kudos to the headline writer who knows how to stir up conservatives over such a minor issue.
Look for dozens of made-up holidays coming...
This is now the SCROTUS ruling I will forever refer to as “The Festivus Ruling”.
They probably take turns on who gets to pretend to be rational for each ruling
You nailed it.
The Judicial roadblocks are out to stop Trump. This is the real insurrection.
It isn’t just that individual rulings are stupid, it is their overall blindness to the damage being done to the judiciary.
They are coloring so far outside the lines of their prescribed powers and jurisdiction that it is no longer possible to consider seven of them to be serious people.
They are nuts best confined to Babylon Bee skits.
Ok Justices… if April 15th falls on a weekend that I don’t owe taxes until the next Monday?
Its not a minor issue.
This means people,can ignore the law if it falls on a holiday. Do you understand the precedent, slippery slope, this will now give support to?
Sheesh.
5.56mm
The Supreme Clowns of the US strike again.
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