WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether the government can deport people who are not U.S. citizens if they are convicted in certain states of sexually abusing a minor.
The justices recently said they will hear an appeal from a man who pleaded no contest to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor under California law.
Juan Esquivel-Quintana was 20 and 21 years old when he had sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend.
California law criminalizes consensual sex with anyone under 18 if the age difference is more than three years. But Esquivel-Quintana argues that his conduct would have been legal under federal law and the laws of 43 states that are less strict.
A federal appeals court ruled that the California conviction is enough to deport him under federal immigration law.
- Posted November 07, 2016
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Supreme Court to consider deportation law for sex offenders
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