Supreme Court ruling in favor of immigrant clarifies automatic-deportation law
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 11:50
in Psychology & Sociology
The Texas man was ordered deported for possession of a marijuana cigarette and one Xanax pill. But justices says only serious crimes warrant the removal of legal immigrants from the country. The Supreme Court blocked the government Tuesday from deporting legal immigrants for minor drug possession charges, ruling that only serious or violent crimes called for removing otherwise law-abiding people from this country.