alien parole
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 357 U.S. 185 - Leng May Ma v. Barber · 1958Most cited · 681 citing opinions
The parole of aliens seeking admission is simply a device through which needless confinement is avoided while administrative proceedings are conducted. It was never intended to affect an alien's status
How often courts cite the case defining “alien parole”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “alien parole” — 680 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.