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Supreme Court Urged to Halt Deportation of Man Who Wrongly Claimed to Be US Citizen

Supreme Court Urged to Halt Deportation of Man Who Wrongly Claimed to Be US Citizen
The Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 21, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Lawyers for both the Biden administration and a longtime illegal alien who falsely stated he was a U.S. citizen on a driver’s license application told a skeptical Supreme Court on Dec. 6 that a federal appeals court erred when it ruled a deportation order against the man should be allowed to stand.

How the high court rules in this case could create a legal standard regarding how much, if any, discretion judges have in cases in which aliens are seeking green cards.