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Failed Asylum Claimant With Serious Rap Sheet Should Be Deported, Supreme Court Hears

Failed Asylum Claimant With Serious Rap Sheet Should Be Deported, Supreme Court Hears
The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on Dec. 4, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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WASHINGTON—A Lebanese immigrant who committed felonies after receiving his green card shouldn’t be deported because he will face religious persecution and torture if removed to his native land, the man’s lawyer told the Supreme Court.

The Trump administration opposes the man’s bid to stay in the United States.