Judge Strikes Down Law That Penalizes ‘Inducing’ Illegal Immigration

Judge Strikes Down Law That Penalizes ‘Inducing’ Illegal Immigration
Central American migrants cross the U.S.-Mexico border fence from Tijuana, Mexico to San Diego County, Calif. on Dec. 27, 2018. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A federal judge in Kansas who formerly worked for an open-borders group and whose sister currently heads one of the nation’s leading open-borders groups has struck down a federal law that prevents people from “encouraging” or “inducing” illegal immigration, finding that the measure unconstitutionally infringes First Amendment free speech protections.

The jurist in this case is Judge Carlos Murguia of the U.S. District Court of Kansas, who was appointed to the bench by former President Bill Clinton in 1999.