From Fox News: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday sided with left-leaning justices in an immigration appeals case, a narrow ruling that could portend the court’s future thinking amid a flurry of legal cases centered on immigration.
The 5-4 ruling in Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi centered on the government’s interpretation of a 60-day “voluntary departure” deadline, which authorities can use to allow certain immigrants deemed to be of “good moral character” to depart the U.S. on their own terms within that timeframe.
The Supreme Court ruled, with the backing of Roberts and Gorsuch, that any voluntary departure deadlines for immigrants under the 60-day departure time frame that fall on a weekend or on a legal holiday in the U.S. should be extended to the next business day.
Writing for the majority, Gorsuch noted that this interpretation of the 60-day period aligns with long-standing administrative practices, including in immigration law.
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Gorsuch and Roberts joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson for the majority ruling, which overturns the decision of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Board of Immigration Appeals, which had voted to reject that interpretation in the case of Monsalvo Velázquez, a 32-year-old Colorado resident targeted for removal in 2019, the report explains.
SCOTUSblog announced:
Just in: The court rules that in immigration cases when the gov’t delays detention and deportation for up to 60 days to allow an immigrant to leave the country on their own, a voluntary-departure deadline that falls on a weekend or legal holiday extends to the next business day.
he opinion in Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi is by Neil Gorsuch. Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are in dissent.
The opinion in Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi is by Neil Gorsuch. Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are in dissent. https://t.co/2SzJXj4AgQ
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) April 22, 2025
Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling https://t.co/5uLAUarup0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 22, 2025
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