U.S. Supreme Court Approves Deportation for Car Theft
"The Supreme Court sided Wednesday with U.S. immigration authorities who
want to deport a man convicted in a car theft case. In a near-unanimous decision, the court said immigration law provides for removing someone convicted of aiding and abetting a theft offense when the term of imprisonment is at least one year," the AP reports. "The justices were considering whether conviction on a state charge of aiding and abetting a car theft rose to the level envisioned by Congress when the Immigration and Nationality Act was passed allowing for deportation of immigrants found guilty of aggravated felonies."
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