Thomas v. Garland’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Henry v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Naeem v. Gonzales · Molina de Massenet v. Gonzales · Tacuri-Tacuri v. Garland · 900 F. Supp. 2d 1167 - United States v. Trujillo-Alvarez
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Adjustment of status is a process by which '[non-citizens] physically present in the United States may obtain [lawful] permanent resident status without leaving' the country to apply for a visa via consular processing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Manguriu v. Garland“an immigration court may generally consider a police report . . . when making a discretionary immigration decision, even if an arrest did not result in a charge or conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rosa v. Garland“An individual can seek adjustment of status in a removal proceeding as a form of relief from removal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Manguriu v. Garland
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.