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From Fox News: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Wednesday denied an emergency appeal by four Mexican nationals facing deportation. The request asked the court to temporarily block their removal so they could file a formal petition for review.
Kagan denied the application without comment and did not refer the matter to her colleagues.
The petitioners, Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa and their two sons, were ordered to report to immigration officials on Thursday. Their legal team argued they face cartel violence if returned to Mexico.
According to their court filing, the family fled Guerrero, Mexico, in 2021, after being threatened by the Los Rojos drug cartel. The petition stated that cartel members demanded the family vacate their home within 24 hours or be killed.
The report explains that an immigration judge had already denied the family’s asylum request after they entered the U.S. illegally in 2021.
The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the ruling in November 2023, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals also agreed with the decision in February 2025.
BREAKING: Justice Kagan just denied emergency request from four people in the US illegally who are set to be deported. They lost before Bd of Immigration Appeals, 9th Cir affirmed. They asserted that they were victims of cartel violence and face explicit death threats. #SCOTUS
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) April 17, 2025
Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal to halt deportation of Mexican nationals claiming asylum from cartel https://t.co/RkqGwqECsJ
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) April 17, 2025
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