Washingon Post
The Supreme Court endorsed a tough application of immigration law to certain longtime illegal immigrants, clearing the way for summary deportations of perhaps thousands who have been living in the United States for a decade or more.
By a vote of 8 to 1, the court ruled that the U.S. government properly sent Utah truck driver Humberto Fernandez-Vargas back to Mexico in 2004 because he returned to the U.S. illegally in 1982 after having been previously deported.
The court ruled that he and others in a similar position are covered retroactively by the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which says illegal immigrants who reenter the country after a previous deportation must be removed, usually with no opportunity for an appeal or change in immigration status, and must stay away for at least 10 years.