The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday  , in the case of a Los Angeles man , who was denied a green card after marrying a U. S. citizen.
Luis Acensio Cordero has been separated from his family Sandra Muoz since 2015 and has been denied a visa to travel back to the United States from El Salvador.
The couple filed a lawsuit, alleging that the federal government had violated her legal right to matrimony and expected process by failing to provide a proper justification for the denial of Acensio’s card.
Years after, they found out the federal government believed he was an MS- 13 crew member, based in part on a review of his tattoos.
Biden presidency  , doctors have argued , that, because Muñoz and Acensio could choose to live outside the U. S., her right to union has not been violated.
The high court will decide whether a U.S. citizen’s noncitizen spouse’s refusal to grant them a visa “impinges upon a constitutionally protected attention of the citizen” and, if applicable, whether not notifying a visa applicant that they were deemed illegal constitutes proper procedure.
Other people might be entitled to an explanation as to why they were denied visas if the court factors with Muoz.
Next month, members of Congress, past Department of Homeland Security officials and former judicial officers , submitted companion of the jury briefs , in support of Muñoz and Acensio.
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