The Supreme Court made it harder Monday for an immigant to defend himself against a charge of unlawful entry, even though he was wrongly sent out of the country more than 20 years ago based on a DUI conviction. If his original deportation order was invalid, he said, he cannot be charged with an unlawful entry. He won before a federal judge, and the 9th Circuit Court, which agreed he had been wrongly deported based on the DUI conviction. But he lost in a 9-0 ruling before the Supreme Court on Monday. Writing for the court in U.S. vs. Palomar-Santiago, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Congress set three conditions, not just one, before immigrants could go to court to challenge an earlier deportation.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 24, 2021 19:06 UTC