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Random migration checks on roads (Amparo en revisión 275/2019)
Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico (First Chamber) · Mexico · 2022-05-18 · National court
Citation: AR 275/2019
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided for the migrant side
Question
May immigration officers stop people on roads to check their migration status?
What the court decided
No. The migration review provisions breached freedom of movement and led to racial profiling, including of Mexican citizens.
In plain language
Three Indigenous Mexicans were pulled off a bus by immigration officers who assumed they were Guatemalan. The Supreme Court said random migration checks on roads are unconstitutional.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
Tiga warga adat Meksiko diturunkan dari bus oleh petugas imigrasi yang mengira mereka warga Guatemala. MA menyatakan pemeriksaan imigrasi acak di jalan inkonstitusional.
Pertanyaan: Bolehkah petugas imigrasi menghentikan orang di jalan untuk memeriksa status imigrasinya?
What happened afterwards
- 2015: Detention of the three passengers.
- 2022-05-18: Judgment.
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Cite as: Institute for Migrant Rights (2026), Migration Jurisprudence from the South, version 0.1, https://theimr.org/court-decisions/d/mx-scjn-ar-275-2019/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.