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“The case arose when Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez sued to cancel his deportation under a 1950s law that he said was discriminatory against him as a Mexican.
“Carillo-Lopez was deported in 1999 and again in 2012, the second time after [he] was convicted on a drug felony and misdemeanor spousal-abuse.
“He re-entered the country again and was charged with drug trafficking in 2019, and in 2020 illegal entry with enhancements charges were added because of his previous criminal record.”
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In a unanimous opinion, Judge Ikuta wrote, “…a legislature has no duty ‘to purge its predecessor’s allegedly discriminatory intent’.”
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https://conservativeinstitute.org/conservative-news/ninth-circuit-reverses-ruling-that-immigration-laws-are-discriminatory.htm