Sanchez v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “If the immigration officer has a reasonable suspicion, based on specific articulable facts, that the person being questioned is, or is attempting to be, engaged in an offense against the United States or is an alien illegally in the United States, the immigration officer may briefly detain the person for questioning.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanchez v. Sessions · Sanchez v. Barr

2. “I write separately to explain why it is unfair for the Government to encourage noncitizens to apply for immigration relief, and at a later date use statements in those relief applications against noncitizens in removal proceedings. The Government should not be permitted to use noncitizens' applications for immigration relief to remove noncitizens from their homes and their families in our country. When the Government enacts immigration relief programs, it encourages noncitizens to apply because there are "significant social costs borne by our Nation when select groups are denied the means to absorb the values and skills upon which our social order rests." Plyler v. Doe , 457 U.S. 202 , 220, 102 S.Ct. 2382 , 72 L.Ed.2d 786 (1982). The Government asks noncitizens to provide personal information to receive benefits, such as driver's licenses, visas, deferred action, and work authorization. But because noncitizens are afraid that the Government could at a later date use that information against them, many are reluctant to apply. See Angélica Cházaro, Challenging the "Criminal Alien" Paradigm , 63 UCLA L. Rev. 594 , 642-43 (2016) ("Coming out of the shadows to be counted and accounted for, however, while it may bring the benefits of work authorization and a social security number, involves stepping into the potential net of immigration enforcement."). The Government's practice in this regard contradicts the principle of welcoming immigrants into our communities. This practice also”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Sanchez v. Sessions

3. “This case is about Luis Sanchez, a small boat owner, who took some friends on a fishing trip within United States territorial waters, and ended up in removal proceedings before an immigration judge ('IJ') under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229a.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanchez v. Sessions