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This could have wide implications. 8-1 from this court is a big deal?
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w.../court_backs_immigrant_deported_in_drug_case/
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the Bush administration's aggressive use of immigration laws to expel legal immigrants for minor drug crimes, a decision that could spare thousands from being deported.
Immigrants' rights lawyers said the resounding 8-to-1 decision would allow noncitizens who have families, jobs, and otherwise clean records to appeal to immigration judges to stay in this country, despite a past drug conviction.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w.../court_backs_immigrant_deported_in_drug_case/
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the Bush administration's aggressive use of immigration laws to expel legal immigrants for minor drug crimes, a decision that could spare thousands from being deported.
Immigrants' rights lawyers said the resounding 8-to-1 decision would allow noncitizens who have families, jobs, and otherwise clean records to appeal to immigration judges to stay in this country, despite a past drug conviction.