Kagan denies emergency appeal to halt deportation of Mexican nationals claiming asylum from cartel (1 Viewer)

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Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal to halt deportation of Mexican nationals claiming asylum from cartel

Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal from four Mexican nationals facing deportation, allowing removal to proceed without referral to full Supreme Court.

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According to their court filing, the family fled Guerrero, Mexico, in 2021, after being threatened by the Los Rojos drug cartel. The petition stated that cartel members demanded the family vacate their home within 24 hours or be killed.

It also included details of past violence against extended family members, including beatings and threats following refusals to cooperate with the cartel.

The family entered the U.S. unlawfully and sought asylum and an immigration judge denied their claims.

That ruling was upheld by the Board of Immigration Appeals in November 2023, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision in February 2025. A temporary stay of removal was lifted April 7.

The emergency appeal to Justice Kagan argued that the lower courts and immigration authorities failed to consider credible evidence and due process claims.