Zadvydas v. Davis

Holding that the Government's detention authority under Section 1231 is authorized for "a period reasonably necessary to secure removal"

Reno v. Flores

Holding that, in the immigration context, minors aged sixteen or seventeen are not "too young or too ignorant to exercise" their right to make a revocable waiver of a removal or deportation hearing

Fiallo v. Bell

Holding that legislative classification addressing which parents of U.S. citizens qualify for "special preference immigration status" survived Mandel scrutiny, but without addressing whether plaintiffs were correct in claiming that the statute infringed various constitutional interests, including the asserted "fundamental constitutional interests of United States citizens and permanent residents in a familial relationship"

Shaughnessy v. Mezei

Holding that an excluded alien's indefinite detention on Ellis Island did not violate constitutional law because “he is treated as if he stopped at the border”

Carlson v. Landon

Holding that mandatory detention of Communist noncitizens in removal proceedings does not violate the Due Process Clause

Parra v. Perryman

Holding that the decision to continue to detain a removable alien does not implicate § 1252(g)

U.S. v. Lopez-Vasquez

Holding that it was unnecessary to address the constitutionality of § 1225(b)(D) because the alien suffered no prejudice from the allegedly illegal removal

Patel v. Zemski

Holding that “mandatory detention of aliens after they have been found subject to removal but who have not yet been ordered removed because they are pursuing their administrative remedies violates their due process rights unless they have been afforded the opportunity for an individualized hearing at which they can show that they do not pose a flight risk or danger to the community”

Haitian Refugee Center v. S. Gracey

Holding that a nonprofit satisfied Article III standing, including its injury component, where the nonprofit alleged that the government's interdiction program thwarted its organizational purpose

Gisbert v. U.S. Attorney General

Holding that denial of parole is not a constitutional violation, but noting that petitioners did not assert the government failed to follow the review procedures

Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

Section 1226 - Apprehension and detention of aliens

Ruling that no court may set aside an immigration judge's "discretionary judgment any action or decision . . . regarding the detention or release of any alien or the grant, revocation, or denial of bond or parole"

Section 1103 - Powers and duties of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Attorney General

Granting the Attorney General power to "establish such regulations" and "review . . . administrative determinations in immigration proceedings"

Section 511 - Attorney General to advise the President

Section 1003.19 - Custody/bond

Granting immigration judges jurisdiction to review custody and bond determinations

Section 236.1 - Apprehension, custody, and detention

Providing that an authorized officer may exercise discretion to release an alien if the alien demonstrates that release would not pose a danger and the alien is likely to appear at future proceedings