Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 9, 2019
9th Circuit: Law banning immigrants in US illegally from possessing firearms is constitutional
A federal law making it a crime for people who have entered the U.S. illegally to possess firearms is consistent with the Second Amendment, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case touching on two of the country’s most hotly debated political issues.
A federal law making it a crime for people who have entered the U.S. illegally to possess firearms is consistent with the Second Amendment, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case touching on two of the country's most hotly debated political issues.
In a unanimous opinion published Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based federal appeals court declined to decide whether the amendment's protections ac...
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