Supreme Court unanimous ruling may pave way for mass deportation
Case involves a “sham marriage” after an American citizen applied with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to obtain a visa for her noncitizen Palestinian husband to receive permanent legal residence status.
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
Published: December 22, 2024 11:16pm
(The Center Square) -
Aunanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated.
The ruling was issued in a “sham marriage” case after an American citizen applied with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to obtain a visa for her noncitizen Palestinian husband to receive permanent legal residence status.
Under the law, USCIS “shall ... approve” a visa petition if it’s been determined “that the facts stated in the petition are true” and the noncitizen is the petitioner’s spouse. If the noncitizen previously sought or received an immigration benefit “by reason of a marriage determined by the Attorney General to have been entered into for the purpose of evading the immigration laws” – known as the sham-marriage bar – USCIS is required to deny it.
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