The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling along ideological lines, widened the grounds for deporting lawful immigrants with criminal records
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court widened the grounds for deporting lawful immigrants with criminal records in a Thursday ruling.
The court split 5-4 along ideological lines, with conservatives in the majority, in interpreting a 1996 law laying out the conditions for deportation. The result means that Andre Barton, a lawful immigrant who has lived in the U.S. since childhood, faces mandatory removal to his native Jamaica.
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