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Trump-appointed justice joins Sotomayor in unlikely alliance to rip DOJ's handling of illegal immigrant case

Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor joined forces after prosecutors charged a deported man despite ordering him to stay in Oklahoma after his first conviction.

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Fox News· Oct 15, 4:56 PMTrump-appointed justice joins Sotomayor in unlikely alliance to rip DOJ's handling of illegal immigrant case

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