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

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has joined forces with liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to question the federal government's prosecution of an illegal immigrant, marking the latest unlikely alliance between the two justices.

Gorsuch, appointed by President Donald Trump, and Sotomayor, appointed by former President Barack Obama, raised concerns about the government's decision to prosecute a Mexican national twice for being found unlawfully in the United States — even after...