Published on: Friday, September 20, 2024
Ecuadoran national challenges his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States on the grounds that his initial removal was unlawful and the prohibition on reentry was enacted for super racist reasons. Second Circuit: His initial removal was lawful. And though the law's legislative history contains some shocking comments—heck, one legislator observed in 1952, "though I am not a follower of Hitler . . . there is something to it"—those views can't be attributed to all of Congress. See Fourth Circuit.
The case is United States v. Suquilanda, No. 22-1197 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2024).