Trans Woman’s Deportation Fight Resonates With Supreme Court (1)

A majority of the justices on the US Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to agree that a federal appeals court had the authority to hear the appeal of a Guatemalan transgender woman who’s facing deportation.

The case raised two tricky questions about the procedural rules immigrants must follow under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to appeal a deportation order and whether those requirements must be met to give the court jurisdiction to hear the case.

During an hour of oral arguments, the justices seemed unconvinced that Leon Santos-Zacaria was required to exhaust all of the administrative remedies available ...