"Supreme Court Expands Judicial Review in Immigration Deportation Cases"

The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that federal appeals courts can review immigration judges' determinations on whether deporting someone would cause "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" to a relative lawfully in the United States. The case involved Situ Kamu Wilkinson, an immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, who sought to avoid deportation under a federal statute due to the severe asthma and behavioral problems of his American citizen son. The ruling allows for broader review of deportation hardship waiver decisions.