Divided Supreme Court finds some deadline flexibility for immigrants who agree to leave U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants who agree to leave the country are allowed some deadline flexibility in a case that was argued before President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

In a 5-4 decision, the court sided with a man who came from Mexico illegally as a teenager and had lived in Colorado for nearly two decades before he was ordered to leave in 2021. The case was argued in November 2024, days after Trump won re-election. Several other new immigration cases have since come before the court on its emergency docket.

In the case of Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velá...
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