Lopez v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
851 F.3d 626 · 2017
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (§ 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro · United States v. Gonzalez-Torres · United States of America v. Rigoberto Castellanos-Garcia · Aburto-Rocha v. Mukasey · Ettienne v. Holder
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“[T]here are at least two ways in which the government might restrain an individual. It could stop the individual physically at the border[,] ... [o]r it could monitor the individual as he crosses the border by conducting surveillance of him. The government may have good reasons for allowing an alien to cross the border, only to arrest him later in time and miles from the border. The government, for example, might wish to see if the alien leads them to a safe house or joins up with other individuals who have crossed the border illegally.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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