U.S. Supreme Court upholds law against encouraging illegal immigration

The 9th Circuit decision applied in the group of western states over which it has jurisdiction including Arizona and California, which border Mexico


By -- Reuters—— Bio and Archives--June 24, 2023

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A federal law that makes it a crime for a person to encourage illegal immigration does not violate constitutional free speech protections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday in upholding the decades-old measure defended by President Joe Biden's administration.

The 7-2 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, overturned a lower court's decision to strike down the provision, part of a larger immigration statute, in a case involving a California man named Helaman Hansen who deceived immigrants through a phony "adult adoption" program. The lower court had found the law overly broad because it may criminalize speech protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. ---More...

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