Supreme Court Justice Denies Emergency Appeal to Halt Deportation of 4 Illegal Immigrants

The family of four, who are Mexican nationals, claimed they would face cartel violence if they return.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan stands during a group photograph of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal from four Mexican nationals who entered the United States illegally and who are facing deportation, after they requested that the high court temporarily bar their removal proceedings.

On Thursday, Justice Elena Kagan denied an appeal from Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa, and their two sons, who had argued in previous court filings that their family faces cartel violence if they are returned to Mexico. Kagan did not provide a comment for the denial.