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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that children waiting for their immigration visas will be bumped to the back of the line when they reach the age of 21. 

"The case involved Rosalina Cuellar de Osorio, a Salvadoran immigrant who was in line for a visa along with her 13-year-old son," the Associated Press reported. "But after years of waiting, her son turned 21 and government officials said he no longer qualified as an eligible child. He was placed at the back of the line, resulting in a wait of several more years."

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's surprising defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat in the GOP primary is being partly blamed on the candidates' differences on immigration.

Immigration reform advocates are "using Cantor's defeat to bolster their argument that there is no more time to delay," 

wrote Elahe Izadi for the National Journal

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