"The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected, in an 8-to-1 ruling, the Bush administration's aggressive use of immigration laws to automatically expel legal immigrants for minor drug crimes, a decision that could spare thousands from being deported. Since 1996, more than 12 million legal immigrants have been subject to mandatory deportation if they are found guilty of drug trafficking; four years ago, the government expanded the reach of this law to include simple drug possession, which ordinarily carries only a one-year sentence."
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