Illegal migrants do not have gun rights protected by 2nd Amendment: federal appeals court
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A a federal court ruled that Illegal migrants do not have the right to bear arms under the 2nd Amendment, rejecting arguments by a Mexican man who was convicted of illegally possessing a handgun.
The ruling came in an appeal by Jose Paz Medina-Cantu, who had been arrested by Border Patrol agents in Texas in 2022 and charged with illegally possessing a handgun and unlawfully re-entering the country after being previously deported. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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