4th Circ. Nixes ICE Runaway's Obstruction Conviction

By Elizabeth Daley ( April 17, 2026, 3:47 PM EDT) -- A Salvadoran man who escaped immigration custody by tying bedsheets into a rope to scale a fence cannot be convicted for obstructing a pending proceeding because his removal order was final when he ran to nearby woods, a split Fourth Circuit majority ruled Thursday, reversing a Virginia federal court's decision....

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