Court rules ‘habitually drunk’ illegal immigrant can’t be deported

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A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. cannot deport an illegal immigrant who is a “habitual drunkard.”

In a 2-to-1 decision by the western 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the judges decided the condition has been wrongly equated with poor moral character and instead is a medical disease.

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