The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled that such coerced labor did not justify deportation, though Solicitor General John Sauer successfully appealed to move the case to the high court. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch have condemned the prosecution of the immigrant, describing the government's legal position as a "constitutional absurdity."
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Supreme Court Hears if Forced Cooking for Terrorists Allows Deportation
US Politics7 days ago
The US Supreme Court will determine if the Department of Homeland Security may remove a foreign national for providing "material support" to a terrorist group. In the case of Blanche v. Ozurumba, the high court will decide if a Nigerian asylum seeker who allegedly prepared meals for militants against his will committed a deportable offense under federal immigration law.
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