Federal judge strikes down law banning re-entry of deported migrants

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Federal judge strikes down law banning re-entry of deported migrants

08-20-2021, 11:00 AM

Chief Judge Miranda Du of the District of Nevada on Wednesday struck down 8 USC § 1326 (a) &(b), which criminalizes the re-entry of migrants who have previously been deported from the US, as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Section 1326 was struck down because the court found that […]

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