A family claiming to face violence from a drug cartel will likely be deported to Mexico after Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied their request for an emergency appeal to block the deportation proceeding.
The liberal justice denied the request for an appeal to the ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and did not refer the case to the broader court. She made no comment in the ruling.
When they sought asylum, an immigration judge denied the claim, and the ruling was later upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The family claimed in their filing that they were the “targets of cartel violence due to their family ties and refusal to comply with extortion demands.”
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The family members seeking asylum were identified
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