The Washington Times
The Supreme Court yesterday sided with the Bush administration in a case the government says could have a "substantial effect on the administration of immigration laws," ruling that a foreign national and legal U.S. resident convicted for car theft can be deported.
In the near-unanimous opinion, the high court overturned a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, which rejected government arguments that under the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), aliens can be deported for a category of aggravated felonies called "theft offenses" for which the punishment is at least one year in prison.
Posted by tyne at January 18, 2007