Supreme Court Justices Criticize Deported Immigrant Prosecution

Two Supreme Court justices slammed the prosecution of a deported immigrant as a constitutional absurdity.

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch criticized the federal prosecution of a deported Mexican immigrant as a constitutional absurdity. The remarks came as the high court declined to review the case because the defendant had already been deported from the country.

• The defendantJesus Herrera-Salazar petitioned the Supreme Court to review his legal case after facing criminal charges for unlawful reentry following deportation.
• The reasoningThe high court ultimately refused to hear the appeal largely because the petitioner is no longer inside the United States.