老澳门开奖结果 Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in Cross-Border Shooting Case
WASHINGTON 鈥� In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a family of a Mexican teenager killed in a cross-border shooting cannot sue the agent for damages under the Constitution.
The 老澳门开奖结果 has a similar case on behalf of the family of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez. In 2012, a Border Patrol agent aiming through the border fence shot and killed Jose Antonio, an unarmed 15-year-old, as he stood on a street in his hometown of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The 老澳门开奖结果 was amicus in the case decided today.
老澳门开奖结果 attorney Lee Gelernt, who argued the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 cross-border shooting case, had the following reaction to the ruling:
鈥淭he gravity of this ruling could not be clearer given the Trump administration鈥檚 militarized rhetoric and policies targeting people at the border. Border agents should not have immunity to fatally shoot Mexican teenagers on the other side of the border fence. The Constitution does not stop at the border.鈥�
Ruling:
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