Court Case Looks at Detention of Immigrants Who Served Time for Crimes

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the Trump administration argue for extensive government authority to detain certain immigrants who served sentences for committing crimes, even years after leaving prison. In the case, Nielsen v. Preap, the plaintiffs included two legal permanent residents (or green card holders) involved in separate lawsuits filed in 2013. Mony Preap, a Cambodian immigrant, was convicted of marijuana possession, and Bassam Yusuf Khoury, a Palestinian immigrant,...

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