Spouses of US Citizens Lose Supreme Court Visa Denial Case (1)

Federal courts can’t second-guess visa denials for spouses of American citizens even if it means the couple can’t live together in the US, the Supreme Court said.

The 6-3 ruling by Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Friday said such denials don’t implicate the rights of US citizens.

The ruling is a loss for Sandra Muñoz, who sued the State Department after her husband, Luis Asencio-Cordero, a citizen of El Salvador, was denied a visa.

Ultimately the State Department said it rejected Asencio-Cordero because it believed he was affiliated with the international gang MS-13. He denied being a member of the ...