9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Immigration,
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 24, 2024
Supreme Court rules against attorney, husband in visa denial case
The court concluded that the right to bring her noncitizen spouse to the United States is not a constitutional right.
A Los Angeles attorney on Friday lost her constitutional challenge that her rights were violated when the government denied a visa to her El Salvadoran husband because a consular officer believed his tattoos proved he was a member of the MS-13 criminal gang.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Sandra Munoz and her husband, Luis Asencio-Cordero, reversing a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that ordered a district court to consider the merits of Munoz's lawsuit. ...
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