Supreme Court rules on illegal immigrant status

In a unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to be come permanent residents. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court that federal immigration law prohibits people who entered the country illegally and now have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from seeking “green cards” to remain in the coun...

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