SCOTUS Offers Reprieve To Illegal Immigrants Facing Deportation In Border Case SCOTUS Offers Reprieve To Illegal Immigrants Facing Deportation In Border Case 5:27 PM ET The U.S. Supreme Court offered a reprieve to thousands of illegal immigrants facing deportation in a 6-3 decision on Thursday. The decision split the courts conservative six-justice majority, with three breaking ranks to join with the courts liberal wing. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joined with their liberal colleagues. The concerned whether the U.S. government is required to provide defendants in deportation cases with a single, comprehensive document detailing the case against them, rather than providing the information in several separate documents.