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Michael K.T. Tan
                                                                         Deputy Director
                                                              Immigrants’ Rights Project
                                                         ACLU National Legal Department

September 25, 2026

VIA U.S. MAIL & EMAIL

Honorable Scott S. Harris
Clerk of the Court
Supreme Court of the United States
1 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20543

Re:   Putra v. Lopez-Campos, No. 25-1415
      Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104
      Buenrostro-Mendez v. Blanche, No. 26-43

Dear Mr. Harris,

       I write to follow up on my letter of September 11, 2026, concerning the
dismissal of Genalo v. G.M., No. 25-886, which presented a similar constitutional
issue to that briefed in Putra. The Government has now filed a petition for certiorari
that presents the same constitutional issues as those presented in G.M. See Petition
for Certiorari before Judgment 27–30, Genalo v. D.C., No. 26-379 (Sup. Ct. Sept. 21,
2026); see also Letter from D. John Sauer, Solicitor Gen., to Scott S. Harris, Clerk,
U.S. Supreme Court 2 (Sept. 11, 2026), https://perma.cc/DFX7-6287.

       For the reasons stated by Respondents in Putra and Rhoney and Petitioners in
Buenrostro-Mendez, if this Court grants certiorari in D.C., it should grant only on the
statutory issue presented in Buenrostro-Mendez and Rhoney. See Br. in Opp’n 3–4,
18–23, Putra v. Lopez-Campos, No. 25-1415 (Sup. Ct. Aug. 24, 2026); Resp. to Cert.
Pet. 18, Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104 (Sup. Ct. Aug. 21, 2026); Cert. Pet.
29–32, Buenrostro-Mendez v. Blanche, No. 26-43 (Sup. Ct. July 2, 2026).

                                                    Respectfully Submitted,


                                                    _______________________________
                                                    Michael K.T. Tan
                                                    Counsel of Record for Respondents
                                                    Lopez-Campos, Barbosa da Cunha,
                                                    and Petitioners Buenrostro-Mendez

Cc:   D. John Sauer, Solicitor General


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