Supreme Court Agrees to Review Deadline for Deportation Appeals

The US Supreme Court will consider if federal appeals courts can review appeals from non-citizens claiming they’ll be killed or tortured if deported that are filed more than 30 days after a removal order is issued.

In an order on Monday, the justices agreed to hear an appeal from Pierre Riley, a Jamaican native who’s lived in New York for nearly 30 years and says he’s likely to be killed by someone who’s murdered several members of his family if he returns to Jamaica.

An immigration judge found Riley’s claims credible and ruled his removal should be deferred under the ...