Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (604 U.S. 6)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 10, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 604 U.S. 6 · 145 S. Ct. 24
- Decided
- December 10, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2024 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BOUARFA v. MAYORKAS, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 23–583. Argued October 15, 2024—Decided December 10, 2024 Amina Bouarfa, a U. S. citizen, began the process of obtaining perma- nent legal residence for Ala’a Hamayel, her noncitizen spouse, by filing a visa petition with the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Relevant here, USCIS “shall . . . approve” a visa petition if it “determines that the facts stated in the petition are true” and that the noncitizen is the petitioner’s spouse. 8 U. S. C. §1154 (b) (emphasis added). But if the noncitizen has previously sought or received an im- migration benefit “by reason of a marriage determined by the Attorney General to have been entered into for the purpose of evading the im- migration laws”—known as the sham-marriage bar—the agency must deny the petition. §1154(c). USCIS initially…
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