Immigration & Naturalization Service v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1991-12-16

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Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents a narrow question of statutory construction. Section 242(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorizes the Attorney General to arrest excludable aliens and, pending a determination of their deportability, either to hold them in custody or to release them on bond “containing s…

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