The Oyez Project: Civil Rights Issues - Deportation Decisions

Agosto v. Ins - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Clark v. Martinez - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

In Zadvydas v. Davis (2001), the U.S. Supreme Court said admitted immigrants could be detained for deportation for more than 90 days, but no longer than reasonably necessary. Did this ruling apply to inadmissible aliens, such as Benitez and Martinez?

Demore v. Kim - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Immigration and Nationality Act, which provides for no-bail, civil detention, violate a lawful permanent resident alien's liberty interest?

Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

(1) Does the reinstatement statute of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows a prior deportation order against an illegal alien to be reinstated, apply to aliens who re-entered the U.S. before the statute went into effect? (2) If so, is this application impermissibly retroactive?

Immigration And Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 13 Nov 1996 12:00:00 -0500

May the Imigration and Naturalization Service, when deciding whether to grant a discretionary waiver of deportation under the applicable provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, take into account acts of fraud committed by an alien in connection to his entry into the United States?

Immigration And Naturalization Service v. National Center For Immigrants' Rights, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 16 Dec 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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Immigration And Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Jan 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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INS v. Aguirre-Aguirre - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 May 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Immigration and Nationality Act require deportation boards, who face aliens that committed nonpolitical crimes prior to seeking asylum, to: balance the severity of the alien's offenses against the threat of political persecution, compare the atrocities of the crimes with others it faced in the past, or consider whether the crimes were politically necessary or successful?

INS v. St. Cyr - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 strip district courts of their jurisdiction under the general habeas corpus statute to entertain St. Cyr's challenge? Do the AEDPA and IIRIRA deny relief under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to aliens who would have been eligible for such relief at the time of their convictions?

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

May immigration officials deport a person to his country of birth under 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(2)(E)(iv), if that country lacks a functioning central government that is able to accept the person's return?

Leocal v. Ashcroft - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Is a conviction of driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury a "crime of violence" under federal immigration law that allows the person to be deported as an aggravated felon?

Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the IIRIRA deprive federal courts of jurisdiction over aliens' suits alleging that actions of the Attorney General are selectively enforced?

Reno, Attorney General v. Flores - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 Mar 1993 12:00:00 -0500

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Stone v. Immigration And Naturalization Service - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Apr 1995 12:00:00 -0500

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Zadvydas v. Davis - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the post-removal-period statute authorize the Attorney General to detain a removable alien indefinitely beyond the 90-day removal period?