UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW
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‘The Court has before it several cases involving aliens who the Department of
Homeland Security (‘Department”) detained at the Southwest border and
ultimately released into the interior of the United States, The paperwork
documenting theit release frequently says that they were released on a bond
pursuant to INA § 236¢
Board of Immigration Appoala (Boasd’) in Matter of X-K:, 28 I&N Dee.
2008). But
2), consistent with the previously-binding decision of the
1 BIA
cer their release, we learned from the Supreme Court in Jennings v.
138 S, Ct. 830 (2018), and #
I&N Dec, $09 44.6. 2019), two important points, The first is that these alions, as
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inadmissible applicants for admission, were detained under INA § 235(0). The
ccond is that the exclusive legel means for the release of inadmissible applicants
for admission is the parole authority under INA § 212(8)()(\.‘Thus tho question: have these alions beon paroled? Or stated another way:
does the paperwork control, meaning they were released on a bond under INA §
236(@), oF does our new understanding of the law control, such that they were
paroled under INA § 212(€)(6)A)? Tho answer is significant because if paroled,
some of the aliens could seek to adjust their status under the Cuban Adjustment,
Act or INA § 245(a),
On November 4, 2020, the Court heard oral argument on this recurring issue
in six unrelated cases, As a matter of administrativo officiency, the Court issues
this order as to the remaining five cazes.! The Court expresses its gratitude to the
attorneys for their work, and appreciates their advoesey at cral argument.
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‘The Court will not belabor the parties with an extensive recitation of the law
from Matter of X-K- to Jennings to Matter of M-S-, and assumes they are now more
than familiar with the issues presented, Ulimately, the Court concludes that it is
the law, not the paperwork or anything else, that controls. Aliens like these
respondents have been paroled into the United States. Their release by the
Department cannot qualify as a bond under INA § 236(a), and can only be classified
as a release on parole under INA § 212(0)(5\A). The Court comes to this conclusion
based on: (1) a simple application of Jennings to the unilisputed facts in these cases;
(2) the binding decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (‘Board’) in a similar
dispute on the issue of parole in Matter of O., 16 I&N Dec. 344 (BIA 197): and (3)
the clear rule that judicial decisions like Jenvaings are presumptively rettoactive,
0,
‘The most persuasive reason to find that these respondents have boon paroled
is the simple, direct moseago sont by the Supreme Court in «Jennings: parole under
INA § 2120)(5)(A) is the exclusive logal means for the release of inadmissible
applicants for admission who ave detained by the Department under INA § 285%),
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sarees Saher eee armen Consent wrth er of Teerghed, 16183 Deo, 260
{Wis ov he walning ve eure wil mo longer be considered on the Cour docket‘See 198 §. Ct, at 844, Applying this basic principle to the undisputed facts of theso
‘eases yields the following eyllogism:
1, Inadmiss:ble applicants for admission® “shall” be detained under
INA § 285(b). See INA § 295(6)(1)(B)ii), GEV), AD.
2. Other than a parole under INA § 212(€)(5)(A), “there are no
other circumstances under which aliens detained under
§ 1225(b) [INA § 2350b)] may be released.” Jennings, 138 8. Ct
at 844 (emphasis in original).
3. ‘The respondents wore inadmissible applicants for admission
who the Department detained and later released,
4. Therefore, the respondents were detained under INA § 235(b),
and their release qualifies as a parole under INA § 212(€)(6)(A)
While the most straightforward view of the law is not always correct, here the
Court is perstiaded that the conclusion above is the right one.
IL.
Putting aside tho appeal of a simple extrapolation from Jennings, the Court
is not considering the issue on # blank slate, The Board has already considored a
case where certain aliens argued they were paroled, and the Department argued
they were not paroled. And in that binding decision, the Board stressed that the
correct characterization of the release of those alions was controlled by the law, The
Board therefore rejected the contrary view that an alien can be paroled only if the
"Applicanta for admission aubjest to mandatory detention include arriving aliens, “BWI
cxpodited removal, end ‘ther sony? who cannot show their admissibility by clear a
tvidence, Soe INA § 255(a\1), (OKI}CEVGUNIND, HA.
8Department clearly intended to grant parole, or issued the appropriate parole
paperwork,
‘The ease is Matier of O-, 16 I&N Dec. 244 (BIA 1977), which arose at the end
of the Vietnam War, Approximately 130,000 aliens from Vietnam, mostly
‘Vietnamese, wore evacuated to the United States in April and May of 1975. Id, at
848, ‘The Vietnamese aliens in this large group were considered to have been
paroled by the government, Zd, at 961. However, a small group of 126 non
Vietnamese aliens who were evacuated on Amorican military aireraft were placed in
exclusion proceedings, Id, at 345, The issue before the Board in the consolidated
appeals of the 126 aliens was whether or not they had been paroled, with the aliens
arguing they had been paroled, and the government arguing the opposite. Id
‘Upon reviow, the Board recognized that none of the 126 non-Vietnamese
aliens (or any of the 130,000 evacuees) was issued paperwork to memorialize that
they were paroled (Form 1-512). Id, at 348. The Board further recognized that
evidence of the intent of the government to exercise its parole authority for the 126
non-Vietnamese aliens was “inconclusive.” Id. at 849. Nevertheless, the Board held
that all of these alions were paroled under INA § 212(0)(5). Id, at 348, 351, The
Board reasoned:
We are unaware of, and the Servico had not provided us any authority
making it lawful for the Government to bring these aliens to the United
States other than the parole authority granted the Attorney General under
section 212(4)(6) of the Act,
Id. at 948 (emphasis added), The Board found that the aliens were paroled for
soveral other reasons including that: (1) the procedure used to bring them to the
United States was no different than the procedure used to bring aliens to the
United States who concededly were paroled, (2) Congress contemplated that non-
Vietnamese evacuees would be treated similarly to Vietnamese evacuees, and (3)
the aliens were removed from Vietnam with the express consent of the United
States government. Id. at 391.Just as in Mat
of O., here the Department cannot provide the Court any
awful authority justifying the release of these respondents “other than the parole
authority granted the Attorney General under section 212(@)(6) of the Act.” Jd. at
1348. The respondents were inadmissible applicants for admission, and the Supreme
Court: has made it clear that apart from a parole under INA § 212(€)(5)(A), “there
ave no other circumstances” justifying release, Jennings, 138 8. Ct. at 844 (emphasis
in original), While the paperwork might have been issued under a mistakon viow of
the law, the only Jawfal authority for release was a parole.
Vv.
Another way to look at the issue is to consider the case law on retroactivity
Jennings announced clear rules of law on detention and release. But the
Department released some of these respondents before the Supreme Court decided
Jennings. So when the Court decides if all of the respondents have been parcleil, it
is really dotermining if the logal principles in Jennings reach backwards in time.
‘The general rule on retroactivity is that legislation operates prospectively
and only rarely retroactively, while judicial decisions are presumptively retroactive,
See De Niz Robles v. Lynch, 803 F.34 1165, 1169-71 (10th Cir, 2015): Glazner v
Glazner, 847 P.3d 1212, 1216 (11th Cir. 2003). Applying the genoral rule, the Court
is confronted here not with legislation, but the hinding decision of the Supreme
Court in Jennings. The presumption is that this judicial decision—which simply
explains what the law has always been—is retroactive. And the Court finds no
reason to depart from the presumption here. See Harper v. Virginia Dep't of
Taxation, 609 U.S. 86,96 (1993) ‘a rule of fodoral law, once announced and applied
to the parties to the controversy, must be given full retroactive effect by all courts
adjudicating federal law.) (citation omitted).*
TTBecause Jennings applied the rules of law it announced to the partos before it the retroactivity
Lanny In at au end fr thio Court and sll thor infoioe courts. tn aaoasing the retroactivity of &
jilieal (not administrate) deceon in a civil cas whore the higher Fedaral Court did not apply the
Fre of law announce to he parties before it, the Eleventh Circuit appli the three-facior test cet
eth in Chevron Oil Co, Hason, 404 US. 97 (1871). See Sussman v, Hampton, 700 F: App's 76,
‘od (Lith Cir 2017). The factors to be considered include: (I) whether a new principle of law i
Gotablshed, (the purpove of the rule in question and whether retroactive operation would furtherIn finding Jennings retroactive as to the correct classification of the
respondents’ release, the Court recognizes it may feel unsettling to some in the
Department. The Court is absolutely attaching “new legal consequences’ to events
‘completed before Matter of M-S- was announced (and oven before Jennings in the
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when it seeks to impose “new legal consequences to ovents completed before its
announcement.") (internal quotation marks omitted). But that is inherent in
retroactivity, and the Department can complain no more effectively than aliens who
also answer to the cleay command of the law in similar contexts.
For example, consider the case of Savoury v. U.S. Aify. Gen., 449 F.3d 1307
(11th Cir, 2006), There an alien applied for adjustment of status and fully disclosed
to the Department that he had a cocaine conviction, yet the Department granted
him adjustment of status anyways, Jd. at 1310. When later placed in removal
proceedings after a trip abroad, the alien sought relief from removal available to
aliens “lawfully admitted for permanent residence”: a waiver under former INA
§212(¢) Id. at 1312. The Bleventh Circuit Court of Appeals revognized that the
alien had done nothing wrong, and shat the Department was at fault for mistakenly
granting residency in the first place. Id. at 1914, Nevertheless, it agreed with tho
Boaril’s conclusion that the alien was not eligible for the waiver because he was
never “lawfully” admitted, Id. at 1313. The Eleventh Circuit reasoned that to be
“lawfully” admitted requires more than the absence of fraud—it requires
consistency with all applicable law. Id.
tr binder ite operation, and () whether retrvadive application of the rule wosld be inequitable, fd
‘Xeauming the ‘Cheoran Oi test was applicable here, the Court would sill eonciude shat dennéngs
‘ras retroactive. While Jennings announced new principles of law with respect to detention end
oleate, serouetiviry would further (and certaialy ot hindee) operation of these rues by promoting
Uniformity in the tceatment of apglicants for admission in the fed of immigration law. And for the
reatons cited below in Seetion V.C. ofthis dessin, i: would not Le inequitable forthe rules to apply
retroactively‘The takeaway from Savoury is that the alien could not hold up his permanent
resident card as proof that he was “lawfully” admitted. ‘The permanent resident
card (the paperwork) did not control. Nor did the Department's past intent in
granting his application for adjustment of status. What controlled was the law. It
cortainly must have felt unfair for the alien in Savoury to have held residency for a
decade before the Department sought to take it away, but that was what the lew
required, And in the same vein, the Department cannot hol up its paperwork here
indicating that the respondents were roleased on a bond under INA § 236(@), oF
successfully argue that its intent to grant a bond is what controls. Again, what
matters is the law
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‘The Court will now aiddress the arguments of the Department. The Court
notes that it encouraged the Department to reduce its position to writing in each of
1s before it. While the Department
parole issue in three of the five enses, it has not accepted the Cours invitation to
the five es uibmitted a brief addressing the
file a brief on the parle Sasiie in the other two cases.! The Department did,
however, carefully propare and deliver an “opening statement” at the oral argument
of November 4, 2020, Because those remarks are much mere detailed as to the
The Department submitted briefs addzessing the parole issue in the three eases whore she
‘naperdenta entered the United States withoat inspection and admission or parole. See Department
ff Homeland Security Memorandum of Law ia Support ofthe Postce thatthe Respontent Was Not
Fit ute liedSacs Rae) is ot,
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Be roondets were davotied ts arving alesse the rogaions spect hat USCIS
Weald hw jurado ov any renest fr amen ef satue—the Department argued that
Tehette repindenes have beer parled was met, nat jutcable, was oats the Cows
JeShckion, and beare no import to aspects of tho cave that the Court ha jarisditon we
Mince? Se Deparment of Homeaed Seni Memorandum of Law Sipping the
eontonton Judges Lack of Juredicuon to Adusiated Whevar the Respondent vas Purple int
Se coat) ied nthe cas i a
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Te scepondens in the lvar tw cava Were nos psi Sr Digi Audio Rewrding a 3888,
isa Now 2)Department's view of the Inw in general terms than its written briefing, the Court
hhas reproduced its “opening statement,” and a few other exchanges, at Appendix A
‘The Department argues that: (A) the quotation from Jennings relied on by
the Court is dicta and incorrect as a matter of law, (B) the detention of inadmissible
applicants for admission is discretionary, (C) Matter of M-S- is not retroactive, (D)
Matter of M-S- is distinguishable, and (E) Immigration Judges have no authority to
grant parole nune pre tine, As explained below, the Departmentis arguments are
unpersuasive,
A
‘The linchpin of the Court's ruling today is the holding of the Supreme Court
in Jennings that other than 2 release on parole under INA § 212(@)(5)(A), “there are
no other citcumstances under which aliens detained under § 1226(b) {INA § 235(b)]
may be released.” Jennings, 188 S, Ct. at 844 (emphasis in original), The
Department claimed during oral argument that these words of the Supreme Court
were “of no moment" and “dicta.” See Digital Audio Recording at 1:04:35 (Nov. 4,
2020), When pressed if the Supreme Court's conclusion was legally correct, dicta or
not, the Court was sucprised by the Department's answer: “No, your Honor, it not
fa correct statement cf the Jaw at all. It ignores E-R-M,, it ignores M-S-, and it
completely takes Jennings out of context.” Id. at 1:09:11.
‘This cate therefare calls for the Court to choose between the Supreme Court
of the United States, or instead the Department, as to a disputed conclusion of law.
Unsurprisingly, the Court chooses the former. The Court will not be faulting the
Supreme Court for “ignoring” Matter of E-R-M- & L-R-M- or any other case, and
finds the reasoning of the Supreme Court, even if dicta, highly persuasive and
correct. See generally Schwab v, Crosby, 451 F.3d 1808, 1825 (11th Cir. 2006)
(rocognizing that Supreme Court dicta is not something to be lightly cast aside:
“there is dicta, and then there is Supreme Court dicta.”
he Court is providing all of the parties with a copy of the Digital Audio Recording of the oral
hirgument of November 4, 2020, concurrently with the issuance ofthis decision,
8Furthermore, the Court is not taking the words of the Supreme Court “out of
context.” The Supreme Court's statement came during review of a broad ruling of
the Ninth Cirewit Coart of Appeals requiring periodic bond hearings in a class
action lawsuit, See Jennings, 198 S. Ct. at 838, The certified class included certain
alions detained longer thsin six months pursuant to one of the general immigration
detention statutes perding completion of removal proceodings, and was ultimately
Aivided into three Diond subclasses: those detained under INA § 295(b), INA §
236(a), and INA § 296(c). Id, at 889. In that context, tho Supreme Court held that
periodic bond hearings were not xequited for any of the throe subclasses, Id. at 842,
And in that contest, the Supreme Court explained that the reason bond hearings
were not required wes because parole, not bond, is the exclusive legal means to
release an alien detained under INA § 295(b). See id. at 844. The Supreme Court's
conclusion is not dieta ~it is the express reasoning invoked in -Tennings to overrule
the contrary conclusion of the Ninth Cireuit Court of Appeals that periodic bond
hearings were requited. See Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Fla., 517 U.S. 44, 67 (1996)
(the holding of a case includes the result of the case and “those portions of the
opinion necossary to that result”)
And while the Department now says it disagrees with the straightforward
conclusion of the Supreme Court in Jennings, it eppoars it has taken that position
for those cases only. As a represented party, the Department has repeatedly argued
bolore the Federal Courts, without qualification, that parole is the sole legal means
to roloase aliens detained under INA § 235(b). In fact, the Department haa even
cited to the exact language from Jennings it now says is “not a corect statement of
the law at all” To put it mildly, the Department's shifting positions are
problematic.
B
Having attacked the reasoning of the Supreme Court, the Department does
provide its own theory of detention and release ut the U.S. border. Relying heavily:
‘on Matter of E-R-M- & L-R-M-, 25 I&N Dec. 520 (BIA 2011), the Department argues
"A few of the Departments public statements on this issue are collected at Appendix B.
8that the detention of inadmissible applicants for admission is not mandatory, but
discretionary. If the Department chooses as a mutter of discretion to process an
alien for expedited removal, the alien is apparently detained under INA § 235(b)
and can be released orly on a parole, If the Department instead chooses to afford an
alien full removal preseedings (as it chose for the respondents here), the alien is
apparently detained under INA § 236(a) and can be released only on @ bond,
‘Therefore, “[éJhe section elected by the Department, either 295 expedited removal or
240 full removal proceedings, determines the legal authority to utilize to detain and
to release.” See Digital Audio Recording at 1:04:03 (Nov. 4, 2020) (emphasis added).*
‘The Court's sesponse is twofold. First, the Department's theory is
contradicted by a full reading of all of the provisions of INA § 235. See Corley u:
United States, 656 U.S. 903, 314 (2009) (holding that a statute should be construed
to give effect to all of ite provisions). INA § 285(b)(2) requires, with certain
oxcoptions inapplicable here, that inadmissible applicants for admission “shall be
detained for « proceeding under section 240." INA § 235(b)(2M(A). This mandatory
dotention provision is separate and apart from the expedited removal provisions at
INA § 235(b)(1), explicitly refers to full removal proceedings under INA § 240, and
nevertheless mandates detention, And if the text of the statute were somehow
unclear, the Supreme Court has explainod that INA § 299(b)(2)(A) “serves as a
catchall provision that applies (0 all applicants for admission not covered by
§122506)(1) [INA § 285(b)(1)] (with specific exceptions not relevant here).”
Jennings, 138 8, Ci. at 897 (emphasis added). Therefore, the Department's
assertion that it can exercise its discretion to (1) elect to issue a Notice to Appear,
and then (2) grant a bond under INA § 236(a), is simply not true, INA
§ 235(b)(2)(A) requires the detention of inadmissible applicants for admission in full
removal proceedings, subject to the parole authority at INA § 212(€)(G)(A). See
Apparently the only constraint on the Departments discretion ia the “eveible fear cutof'—"what
‘MLS. ood is ta certain pint, there inno mwitchever, and thet point occurs after positive credible
fears I at L255. Thetsfor, “tbo Dopartaent] ean switch to 240 proceedings with the ability 0
release fon abond under INA § 295(2)] up until that positive cvedible fear finding” fd at 1:16:0,
10Jennings, 138 &, Ct. at 842 CRead most naturally, §§ 1226(b)(1) and (6X2) thus
‘mandate detention of applicants for admission until certain proceedings have
concluded”) (emphasis added).
Second, the Defartment reads too much into Matter of B-R-M- d& L-R-M:. In
that caso, an Immigration Judge terminated removal proceedings under INA § 240.
Matter of E-R-M- & L-R-M., 25 I&N Dee, at 520, Relying on the use of the word
“shuall™ in INA § 235(0)(1\ANG) - which states that cortain inadm
“shall” be ordered removed “without a hearin
blo aliens
— the Immigration Judge concluded
that the Department was required to process the alien under expedited removal
proceedings, and could not pursue full removal proceedings under INA § 240, Id. at
520-22, Reversing, the Roar held that the word "shall" in INA § 296()(1)(A)&) did
not carry its ordinary meaning and instead meant “may.” Id. at 522-28. The Board
explained that historically, the word “shall” has not constrained Executive Branch
decisions on whether to charge an individual with a crime, and which charges are
brought. Jd, at 622, Similasly, the Board found that INA § 285(b)(1)(A)G) should not
be interpreted to operate as a restraint on the Department's prosecutorial discretion
to clect to pursue full removal proceedings undor INA § 240. Id. at 523.
Quite plainly, the Board in Motter of E-R-M- & L-R-M- did not come to any
conclusions regarding the detention of inadmissible applicants for admission under
INA § 235(b). Instead, Matter of E-R-M- & L-R-M- held that the Depaxtmont retains
prosecutorial diseretion under INA § 285(b\{1)(AXi) when choosing the type of
proceeding to pursue against an inadmissible applicant for admission: expedited
removal proceedings under INA § 235(b\1) or full removal proceedings under INA
§ 240. The Court notes that Matter of E-R-M- & L-R-M- was certainly on the books
when Jennings was decided, and the Suprome Court nevertheless found that the
word “shall” used repeatedly in INA § 285(b) as to detention was mandatory. See
Jennings, 138 §, Ct. at 844 (holding that the uso of the word “shall” in INA.
§235(b)(1) and ()2) as to detention was mandatory—those provisions
“unequivocally mandete that aliens falling within their scope ‘shall’ be detained.”)
nc
‘The Department also azgues that “M-S- was a change in the law . . ..” See
Digital Audio Recording at 1:02:44 (Nov. 4, 2020). As “every single one of these
respondents were apprehended, processed, and released prior to M-Ss effective
date,” Matter of Me
of MS. applies only prospectively and is therefore "beyond the scope” of the eases
rannot apply. Id. at 1:04:24, In the Department view, Matter
before the Court, Id. a: 1:16°06.
But it is Jennings that clarified the nature of the Department's obligation to
detain inadmissible alions arriving at our borders, and its corresponding release
authority, Jennings did not change the law, but explained what the law has always
i= Robles, 803 F.8d at 1170, As the Court held above in
Soetion IV., Jennings 's a judicial decision that is retroactive. Matter of M-S- merely
been. See generally De Ni
‘adopted Jennings anc overruled contradictory Board precedent; it did not change
the law in a way where looking hackwands is off ints.
A perfect example of these principles is Yu v. U.S. Atty, Gen., 568 F.3d 1328
(11th Cir, 2009), There an alien sought asylum based on the forced abortion and
sterilization of his wife. Id. at 1829. When his hearings before the Immigration
Judge were held, the respondent's case was governed by the precedent decision of
the Board in Matter of C-Y-Z-, 21 I&N Dec. 915 (BIA 1997), which held that the
pereocution of one spause could be established hy coerced abortion or sterilization of
the other spouse. Id, at 1520-30, During the pendeney of the respondent's appeat to
the Board, however, the Attorney General overruled Matter of C-Y-Z: in Matter of
J-S., 24 IRN Dec, 526 (A.C. 2008), concluding that the spouse of a person subjectod
‘to cooreed abortion and sterilization was not automatically eligible for refugee
‘status, Id. at 1930. When the Board relied upon the Attorney General's intervening
Aecision in Matter of J-S- in dismissing his appeal, the alien sought review before
the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Id.
Aifirming the Board’s decision, the Eleventh Circuit concluded that the
Attorney Generals decision in Matter of J-S- was correct because it was required by
the plain language of the rolevant statute (INA § 101(a)(42)(B)), and clearly and
2unambiguously reflected Congressional intent. Jd. at 1382, And importantly, the
Eleventh Circuit rejected the alion’s claim that it was improper for the Board to
Id, at 1933. “The BIA did not
retroactively apply & new law but instead appliod the Attorney General's
retroacti
ly apply Matter of --S- to his cas
determination of what the law ‘had always meant?" Id. (citation omitted). The
alien's reliance on Matter of C-¥-Z- therefore did not bar applying Matter of I-S- to
his pending adminisinitive proceeding: “[o}ace the Attorney General clnsified the
meaning of § 1101(a)(12)(B) in Matter of J-S:, that decision bocame the controlling
interpretation of the Jaw and was entitled to full retroactive effect in all cases still
open on divect review, regardless of whether the events predated the Attorney
General's devision.” Id. at 1333-84 (emphasis added and citations omitted),
Just ag in Yu, the Court is presiding over pending administrative proceedings
which have not come to a conclusion in any of these five cases. And just as in Yu,
the Attorney General here did not change the law in deciding Matter of M-S-; he
simply adopted the Supreme Court's explanation of what the law has always meant
So when the Department says that Matter of M-S- is “beyond the scope” of these
pending proceedings because “every single one of these respondents were
apprehended, processed, and released prior to M-S"s effective date", it misses the
mark, Jennings (and Matter of M-S-) apply to these pending proceedings regardless
of whether the events predated the Attorney General's decision. The forum for
determining the legal significance of past events—whether it be the Department's
decision to release the respondents, or the forced sterilization of an alien's spouse in
their home country—is this one.
‘Tho Court ackaowledges that there is a line of cases specifying when the
actions of an administrative agency, either by rulomaking or adjudication, apply
Sipping the script, the Court would guess that the private bar would love to argue that « number
vreau eitmcrk diviskns othe Attorney Ccnsral retsicting aryl slg, and reversing
prior Doand precedent, chruld be considered “beyond the scope’ because their clients were harmed it
{and led from their home eountrioe bofers those decisions were announced. See, eg, Matter of AB,
STIGN Dec, 316 (AG. 2018) Matter of L-E-A-, 27 IGN Dec. 581 (AG. 2015), But its well known to
all who practice immigration law that the Department’ position on the retrosetiity of those
‘ecnions of the Attorney General is quite different than their view of Mater of M.S. here.
18retroactively. See, eg., Matter of Cordero-Gareia, 27 1&N Dec. 662 (BIA 2019). The
Court finds these cases are inapplicable because this is not a situation where the
Attorney General has ‘changed the law” hy exorcising his authority to give meaning
to an ambiguous statute. Compare De Nix Robles, $03 F.3d at 1173 (holding that a
now agency rule announced in a Chevron step two adjudication did not apply
retroactively). Instead, it was the Supreme Court in Jennings who explained that
the Law applicable tu the detention and release of applicants for admiesion was clear
and unambiguous. See Jennings, 128 S. Ct, at 842 (referring to the “clear language”
in INA §§ 235(b)(1) and (6)(2)), 84 (holding that those provisions “unequivocally
‘mandate” detention ard cannot be characterized as ambiguous).
Assuming the Court wore incorrect, it would still conclude that Matter of
M.S. applies retroact-vely as to the correct classification of the release of these
respondents. To detemmine if an agency decision which changes the Jaw app
retroactively, a number of factors must be considered: “(1) whether the particular
case is one of first improssion, (2) whether tho new rule represents an abrupt
doparture from well established practice or merely attempts to Sill a void in an
‘unsettled area of law, (3) the extent to which the party against whom the new rule
is applied relied on the former rule, (4) the degree of the burden which a retroactive
order imposes on a party, and (5) the statutory interest in applying a new rule
despite the reliance of a party on the old standard.” Matter of Cordero-Garcia, 27
T&N Dec. at 658 (citation omittod).
Here, the issue is not one of first impression, See generally Matter of X-K-, 28
IGN Dec. 731 (BIA 2005). And it does represent a departure from the well-
‘established (although mistaken) practice of the Department at the border in
processing applicants for admission. It is now clear that a category of aliens
previously released on honds under INA § 286(a) will be eligible for release only if
paroled in accordance with INA § 212(€)()(A).
‘The most interesting factor, however, is reliance by the Department, It
cannot be deniod that the Department relied upon, and indeed was bound by, the
prior procedent decision of the Board in Moiter of X-K-. But the Court cannot ignore
4that the Department opposed the rule of law announced in Matter of X-K-. And since
ita appoals in Motter of X-K- wore dismissad in 2005, the Department. os
repeatedly advocated for a broad view ofits detention obligation under INA § 236(b)
before the Federal Courts, and hns mado oxpliit statomonts that parole is the
exclusive means forthe release of aliens detained under INA § 285(). Importantly,
these representations to the Federal Courts dato back to at least March 16, 2013,
see Appeulix B, and therefore they precede the relenae of all of the reepondonts
here, with the excepticn 0 jm
Assessing this history, the Court concludes that the Depastment has
embarked on a longstanding, strategie effort to persuade the Courts to acopt a view
‘of detention (and release) at the horder inconsistent with Matter of X-K-. That effort
included a successful appeal to the Supreme Court in Jennings, and « successful
effort to overrule Mater of XK: before the Attorney General. So while in « sense
the Department relied upon prior law, it did so with its eyes open. Accordingly, any
reliance by the Department des not weigh heavily against retroactivity.
With respect to the statutory interest in applying the new rule, the Cont
finds this factor cuts strongly in favor of retroactivity. INA § 286(b) “unequivocally
mandatels)' detention absent parole. Jennings, 198 8. Ct, at 844, Honoring this
clear statutory command is important in the field of immigration law, where
uniformity is expected. Matter of Cordero-Garcia, 27 1&N Dee, at 662-63. And the
fact that retroactive application of the law here operates to benefit the respondents
makes no difference. The Department's interests heve perfectly coincdo with the
dictates of the law, and there is no reason the Court can see why the Department
would prefer that Jemnings apply only prospectively (or be burdened if it applied
retroactively). The Department does not tako positions on dizerete legal issues with
tn eye to whether the position will hurt or benefit the aliens to whom the rules
apply.
Finally, the Coart would note that the Department has already argued that
Matter of MS. should bo vetroactive as to the detention of aliens released on a bond
‘under Matter of XK. In its brief to the Attorney General in Matter of MS. theDepartment stated that ruling in its favor by overruling Matter of XK- would have
immediate and significant impact on detention operntions.” See U.S.
‘Department of Homeland Security Brief on Referral to the Attorney General at 23
1.16, Matter of M-S-, 27 IN Dec. 609 (A.G, 2019) (attached as Appendix C),
Referring to statistics showing there were 42
383 past cases from fiscal year 2017
where @ credible fear was found, the Department argued that “{iJhis entire
population” would “immediately” be subject to detention and could only be released
on parole, Id, Ruling in the Department's favor, the Attorney General agreed that
the mandatory detension called for by INA § 235(b) would apply retroactively,
holding that the alien in Matter of M-S: “must be detained” untess paroled, Matter
of M-S., 27 I&N Dee, at 519. And at the Department's request, the Attorney
Genoral delayed the affective date of his decision so that the Department could
conduct the necessary planning “for additional detention and parole decisions." Id
acsi9n.8®
‘The Court has considered all of the five factors set forth in Matter of Cordero-
Garcia. Assuming the Attorney General “changed the law” in Matter of M-S., that
change applios rotrosctively. The Court finds it particularly important that the
Department itself advocated that Matter of M-S- should be applied retroactively as
to detention, and its arguments along those lines are strong and perhaps ultimately
will prevail, Having taken that position, however, the Court finds it inapposite for
¥ Maite of MS. was the subject of immediate review by the United Statos Distuiet Court forthe
Western Distt of Washington in Pala v, ICE, 2:18-cv926 NalP (WD. Wash), In tha litigution,
the Department qualified ts prior suggestion that a favorable ruling im Matter ef M.S. would reqsine
‘fll 80 days of operatioal planing to apparently re-detain Inege aumbors of aliens released on 8
fond under Motter of Xk, In & declaration submitted to the District Court (which had already
‘toued injunctive rele, the Department indicated that “at this time" st did not intend to re-dotain
tens released on a bond before Matter af M.S. went into effect on July 15,2019. Soe Declaration of
Burwell Hott at 2, Padila ¢. 1CE, 1S
ddresing the question whether en raigeaton jude may review DHS’s decision to detain
aliens processed fr enpeitd removal night of the Supreme Counts reser eision in
Jennings so for fhe ass discussed inthe ef, Conary tthe BIA ntepretin ofthe
‘amewor for detaining “certain oer aliens” processed for expedited removal, he plain
sn mignon ade er acading te aston 240 fhe At arent lf ons adhere arent
bight fora bond redetermmtion Store rst ge")
4language ofthe INA. deserted by he Supreme Court in emnings, iret ht a len wo
‘us initlly bea detaied for expedited removal pursuant to INA § 235(0(:)a)i, but who
thas subsequnly been efered fbr removal roceedings under INA § 240 following» pose
crsdible fear sterination, remains in estady under INA § 23561) ais therefore not
elgiie or «bond nearing before an mimlration judge. Acciinyly the nunlgtion judge
lacked authority to ld a bon hearing in he respondents ote, nowithstanding the BIA's
As discussed below, the BIA previously filled areglatory exp with
Aecison in Meter of 2
nits withthe Supreme Cours subsequent plan language reading of
an inereaion
the expdiedemoyal tate, As such the tern General should is a deision hat
Jerre regulatory feo na anne consistent with th utboiing sat ani
tin wit Supreme Cout present
STATEMENT OF FACTS
‘Therespondet MII IB ie nd kien of fia wig eners
the United Stats ato sear Oy Mes, Califo, on Mach 13,2018, See Revrd of
Deporbletnadisibe Alen (Porm £213). AUS, Bonder Patel agent expending to seasr
scriviy in te sector rcountered the respondent pproximatly 3 miles cst of designated por
vena and $0 miles mri ofthe United States-Menico border and prom apprhende hin.
1. On Mach 14,2018 U.S. Customs an ode Protstion poses the espondent for
expeied removal denned him pursuant o INA §235(b) 20 also Notice and Order of
Expedited Removal Fuen 1860), While in DS custody, the respondent xpresed a ero
persecution if returned lo India, See Form 1-213.
[An yl officer conducted» cree fear interview, detenminod that he respondenthad order of persecution? and fsued a Notice to Appear (NTI) fo fil ensdertion of
the asylum and withholding of removal elms in removal proceedings under seton 249 ofthe
‘Act. Notice wo Appear Fon F862} se abo C.F R. § 208.30 (procedures ox ose
credible fx ndings). Inthe NTA, DHS charged the vesponden as rads under
NA $5 212(0X7)(A)KD (oo vl gration dane) sa 212(66KANED (resent inthe
United States witout adnistion er parle). See Form -862
(0m Jane 29, 2018, the immigration judge bel a heaving on the respondent's pplication
fora change in custody status. See U Bond Order Gune 29,2018) (“U Bond Order”). a
threshold mater, the inmigraton jude ruled that he ha jurisdiction to entertain the
respondents estoy rdsterminationrguest pursuant INA §236(3), 1 Bond Memorandum
(Guly 18,2018) CU Bond Memao 1) at 1, The immigration judge sso prediested jurisdiction on
the regulation at § CER. 68 1236.1) and 1003.1) a well ws Matter of AI, 25 18
Dec 45,46 & m2 (BTA 2008), 11 Bond Memo Lat 1, On the mls ofthe application the
immigration ge detrrnned thatthe respondent ws fight sk, but that conditions of eles
sould adequately ensure his presence a fur immigration hearings, U Bond Memo Lat 1,3
Accordingly the immigeation judge ordered release fom DHS custody under bond of $17,500
and on condition that he provide ald passport verifying his deri). 1d, On appeal by the
respondeot, the BIA affemed the inunigration judge's dessin and dismissed the respondents
bond appect. See ME SHIM, AIIM. ox 1 (218 Sepr. 28, 2018).
(00 September 6 2018—prior tothe Boars September 28 decision damissing the
respondent's bond eppea!—the respondent led a motion for new bond redetermination based on
ne a negtive rete fe fining Ap 10, 2018, he on vas
» Altoap tea alii
speeded by pote ceilbanged circumstances purtuet to 8 CER. § 1003.19)" The respondent argued thet
producing a passport slould be removed as a condition of release, beeause the Indien console
Genie his request fore replacement Ladin passport. See Motion for New Bond on Changed
(Cinsumstances at $-6,11 (Sept. 6,2018). On September 17, 2018 the immigration judge!
Issued a new bund desi in whi she eliminated the prapport condition treed the
monetary bond emnoun! to $27,000, See Decision and Order ofthe Immigration Judge (Sept. 17,
2018) (*U Bond Order")? On September 27,2018, the espondeat posted bond, end DAS
released him from custody, See Notice of Relense and Proof af Service; Notice of Change of
Custody (Sept. 27,2018) (Form I-830), Neither party appealed the second bond decision, The
‘respondent's removal provesngs remain pending on the nondetsined docket.”
ARGUMENT
|. The Expedited Removal Statutory Regime Contemplates Detention of Aliens
Determined to Have a Credible Fear of Persecution,
“The enforcement of our nation's imrnigration laws involves daly determinations by DHS
imnigeation offices esto wheter to sdmit, parole, or remove aliens encountered at designated
portsof-entry of who tre appreended betwen the pors-ofenty. Aliens who ar “aplianis
for admission” are subject to an immigration Inspection. See INA §235(@X1), (3). Applicants
for admission who ate amenable to the expedited removel process include: (1) “ariving aliens”
Are el bond deen an ls eet for uber bon raetemintin sabe mae ie
‘wh snd Beco ony oon 2 shoving hee ale’ cheunstaees fave hanged ntl Sse
Iie pa bond redevrminaton” HCE 6 1003.1) 20)
» mtr migration je rsd overthe seen bon ewig
th iamiraon judge's cin was ud Defoe DHS aubaieg uespors. See U Bod One at
‘abe fap sie gee 102001
+n Ob; 12 208, pen ctsideratn of te epoedets matin fr change of vee he in ue
‘spec eremovelrscetgs nm grin cout iNew York, New York See Ore of
tragrion age 2} 83613 (0 (2208)who are indimissible de to fraud, misrepresontaton or lack of valid immigation documents 3s
swell as (2) “certin othe aliens” designated bythe Secretary of Homelend Security who are
subject to these inadmisibility grounds. INA. § 235(0X1)(A)
‘Une expedited rsmaval process results in removal order entered by ax immigration
officer unless the ali jon or wate, a fear of return, oF an intetion to
presses ar of persec
arly forusyum, See. § 2350 1KANDS8 CHR 235.10), Under tase coursanees,
‘beaten it refered ton ey ocr for a erie fear interview, The INA then des
thatthe officer makes apositve rile fer determin, hae “eal be detained for
uber consideration of thespian for asylum” I. § 2350) 1B1G9,
Puruant1o 8 CFR. § 208309, for postive crete fear eterminions he eu
officer rfes the alien for removal proceadings before an immigration judge by issuing an NTA
ni plcig the lien nromoval proceedings under INA § 240. However ato point does the
asylum ofcerlnsae a warrant fares or # custody detination ws is done by US.
Immigation end Customs Enforenent or U.S. Customs and Boner Protection oft for
alien aresed and dened underINA § 236, See8 CFR, £§256.1((0), 1236.100N0 (4
waren of ast may cy be issued by thos immigration officer listed in 8 CER
6§287.5(e)(2), which des not includ asylum offices). The expedited removal scheme covers
the inal encounter wih DIS though execution fhe fia oer of removal. Thowghout the
where aplicble, aliens subject to
using INA § 24D removal proce
proces, inl
‘expedited removal remain detained pursuant 1o BNA § 235(b). See INA § 235(0)2KAK 8CFR.
$§235.6(0\1), 1235.66)
section 235(6)1)(A)} of the INVA provides bat the Secretary of Homeland Security
nay apply the expedited removal process to aliens, tike the respondent inthis ese, who aredescribed in section 285(6\ TAXI) ofthe INA as designated bythe Seeretay pursusnt 0
section 235COMIMANGHND. In making the Gesignation, tbe Seereiary is authorize by statute to
“apply clauses (i) and ("of section 235(4)(1XA) to suc aliens, INA § 235(b)()CAND,
This language indicates that Congress intended for aliens so designated to be subject 0 exasly
the sume processes ose amiving allan doseribed in clause) af he statute. On August 11
2004, the Secretary published such a notoe inthe Federal Register designating eeran ales fr
inclusion under the expedited removel provisions of INA § 235(b). See 69 Ped, Reg. 48,877
“The Depariment of Jusive hed previously exercised this same authority to designate olsses of
aliens for expedited renoval, See Notice Designating Aliens Subject to Expedited Removel
Under Seaton 235(6)(KAMi ofthe INA, 67 Fed, Reg 68,924 (Now, 13,2002), In both
instances, the notes alvised that an alien, processed for expedited removal and later refered to
an immigration judge fr proceedings under INA § 240 afer a positive credible fear
determination, is ineligible for a custody redetermination before the immigration judge.
Compare 69 Fed, Reg, a $8,880-81 (stting that “aliens doained pursuant tothe expedted
removal proceedings under setion 235 ofthe Act including those aliens who ee refered after &
positive credible fer determination to an immigration judge for proceedings under seetion 240
‘of the INA) are not eligible for bond, snd taetefore nt elgible fora bond reeterminaton before
‘an immigration judge"), with 67 Fed. Rey, at 68,926 (tating that “an alien found to have &
credible fear and subsequently placed into removal proceodings before en migration jxge will
bbe detained”,
TL, The BIA’s Dession in Matter of X-K- Incorrectly Applied the Statutory Reali.
‘As evidenced bythe Supreme Court's recent ling in Jemings, the BIA’S prior
resolution of the gap in the regulations governing immigration judge bond authority under8 CFR. §1005.19in Mater of K- was iacomect. Subsection (82) of tat epulation is
silent sto whether “certain othr aliens” may be affded bond redeteeinwtons. See general
Mars, J Alexander's LLC, 905 F.3d 610,625 (th Ci, 2018) (en bane) ("The regultion's
silence on his pins compeling evidence ot ambiguity). Nor ther anyindation that
the regulaions drafter “hd ntetion the reise gueton a sse;" Negi olde
555 US. 511, $18 (200). Infact, eation 1003.19 des not spesfclly ares the unique
subelas of erin ote alien” primarily Because the regulation lng pests the 2004
expedited nemval designation under INA § 235(0XINANiI). See 63 Fed, Reg. 27.448 (May 19,
198)" Ceninly, te mgustory text nos plana foesose a contrary interpretation, Se
generally Thomes leffeson Univ v, Shalala, $12 U.S. 04, $12 (1994) (holding thet cour must
efecto the ageney’sinerpetation oft ambiguus regulation unless an “altemative endings
compelled byte reltion’s plan language o by oer inlieatons othe [agensys] tent st
the sme ofthe regulon promulgation) emphasis de).
“The Attorty General, moreover, shuld avoid ey interpretation like the one ade in
Mater of that rs contrary to he str) Tame werk and leads to enomalous es ht
thovat the obvious inet of Congress in INA § 235(0). See, ex Tre Island Restoration
Nevworkv US. Dep't of Commerce, 878.34 728, 733 (th Cit 2017) isrsting hat
reviewing cout us ssi tht the fagoncy’s] interpretation [fis on regulation i not
Inconsitent with acongesinal dete"): of ¢@, are Mage Reston, 2085.34
108, 116 (34 Cit. 2000) Even where the expres language ofa statute appears unambiguous, =
“Similarly, 8 CER. § 1003.19 does nat specially adres lens dtsined by DHS under INA § 217 pura
the ola waive rst yethe Bowral at mito ages ek abort band eens
UBisponp olbes See Mer ofl, 2512N De. 45 (BIA 200), DHS exanies Maver of eg
‘drain Section 1, ore
a
10
secourt must Took beyonthat plain knguage where itera interpretation ofthis guage would
hvatthe purpose ofthe overall sltuory shams, woud lead to an su res, of would
otherwise proce a rest demondubly tos wit he intention ofthe dates” (quotation
marks and cations emit)
1 Maer of 3 the BUA held ha ani who i intally posed in expedited mov
under INA §235(6(2)A) as a member ofthe class of liens designated pursuant to the auhoty
sn INA § 2850(1(A)(, but ho is subsequent placed in INA § 240 remove proceedines
following «positive eredibe fear determineton, is eligible for # custody redetermination hering
before an immigration judge ules the alien sa member of any ofthe Listed lasses of lions
who ar specially excidd fom the custody usin of immigation}udges puss 0
SCHR §1003.19(h)2)9, See 231RN De, 21731, Teming othe gene esd auhorty
oFimmigraion judges 8 CR, § 10031902) tbe BIA observed that “arriving aliens” in
removal poeedings ar special exe, but her is no pale provision prising to
erin oer aliens” wo are intl proceed fr expedited removal nd placed in removal
recreible fear determination, See id at 735. The BIA noted tt
proceedings following «posit
“regulatory gp” eit end then concluded that inumiration jugs must have aubort to
told bond herngs for he lass of eran ether aliens” described in INA § 235(0K KA}.
sinoe they aero expel roche om doing sounder 8 CFR. § 1003.19. See it
‘hough the Beard comes viewed # CFR. § 1003.19" sence with respect
“cert ter aliens" as "regulatory gp resolution ofthat sein Mater of X2K- wes
lytcallyfewed and contrary to INA § 235(t), and it has led to anomalous results A key
‘cansertion ofthe BIA Was hat DHS bud initiated removal procesngs through the Hing of
aa NTA. Seed at 73334, Focusing on this fact, the BIA Filed to analyze under what custodyauthority DHS deine the respondent. Indeed, the BIA eppeas to bave assured, without
further explanation, tht DHS's custody authority automatically converted from INA § 23519
INA§ 236 y the merefling ofthe NTA, The BIA als easned that once tere fl
postive credible fear termination, an liens no longer subject the expedited real
statute, See id 0t 733, The BIA sated thal te INA ands implementing epation provided
ro spec guidance regarding the estoy sthority ver an alien whos initally processed for
expedited removal bat who is ter placed fa INA § 240 rerovalprovseings following «
credible fear determination, Se i at 734
‘The INA isnot silent, however, Subsection 235(0)1)(B)i) specifically states tht
the [asylum] officer deermines atthe time ofthe interview that an aien as a eed fee of
persecution. the alien shall be detained for further consieration ofthe application for
asylum." That sttutory diretive would be frustrated if immigration judges were authorized to
onder DHS to release aen,like the respondert, on bond pending futher consideration of thet
asylum applications. Additionlly, the lpisltive history relied upon by the BIA establishes hat
‘twas the inte of Corgress that anlen lke the respondent remain detsined even if refered for
INA § 240 removal preceedings. Se HLR. Conf. Rep. No, 104-828, a 209 (1996) (*Fthe
officer finds that the allen has a eredibe fear of persecution, te alien shall be detained for
fue consideration ofthe epson Fossum under zarmal non-expedied removal
proceedings’), Farther te sala f immigration adge bond proestings o “cern other
ations determined to tave a crdible far is enomalous, because the regltions make cee that
aticns pening the expected removal proces under INA §235(H, whether claiming edible
fea or ot ay be rlned ony inthe tle neeiewshl tion of DS. See BCR
§ 238.304) (pending the eredible exe determination by an asylum ofieer and any review of
2that detersination bys immigration jadpe, the alien shal be detained; ee also 8 CER
4§§ 208.304 (fooleofstins found Yo have established credible fear may be considered only ia
sccordance with INA §212(4XS) and 8 CER. § 2125), 235.2 (an lien whone
inadmisititty s being considered under INA § 235 or who hs eon ordered removed under
[INA §235 shal be detuned peadingdeternintion oiadmissilty and oma) of Mater af
Cosillo-Paita, 25 WN Dec, 257.263 (BLA 2010 (clafyng tat pao ino the United States
by DHS under INA §212(44S) it itn and diferent procedure fom release on “contol
parol” by an immigrafon judge under INA § 2362S). Moreover, tis arorsous ht
alien who commit the rime ofilesly entering or re-ntring the United States, see generally
8 US.C, $9 1325, 1326 and only seek asylum once appreberded nt placed into the expeied
removal proces asa “etn other lien” would restive more favortbleewsodyconsidestion
hun an alien who arses inthe United Swtos at a por-of-entry, presents him- or here for
inspection, nad immediately seeks asylum from (IS. oficial, Cf United Nations Convention
Relating tthe Staus of Refugees rt. 31(1), 189 UNS. 150,174 (uly 28,1951) (commiting
Convention sgnataries not ta “impose penalties, on account o ]illegel entry or presaee, O8
-efigoes wh, soming directly fom &tentory where ths lif or eedom would be
threatened... ener oa preset int teitory witht authorization, provided hy present
themselves without dla tothe autores sn show goo cause for the ilegal erty or
presence.” (emphasis ted).
“The BIA ered n Matter of X-K- whe it found tht an alien no longer subst 9
expedited removal proedures on acount of his placement in moval proceedings under NA
6240 uoaah he filing ofa NTA. Sinve the espondont ere expressed fear of persecution
returned to his county of nationality, he was referred to an ayluss oficer fora erdible fear
3interview, a pat ofthe overaehing expedited removal proces. See INA § 235(0)((AMi),
(By; 8 CER. §§235 5014), 1235.(0)4), ARer an interview conducted in ssordanoe with
SCHR, § 20830, the sylum officer found the respondent had a credible fer of persecution
“The asylum officer thee issued an NTA dated May 31,2018, referring the respondent's eli to
sn ithhoing of removal lan in
es inition judge fr fl coniderton a he
removal procedings under section 240 ofthe Ast. See gennay 8 CFR. §20830(. The
refelof the respondent to INA §240remval prowseings though the fling ofan NA i pat
ofthe expedite removal proces, and fo detention purposes, an len lik the repent
remains in DHS custody pending ater consideration of his appliction for asylum neva
proceedings. See INA § 235(4(2)B)) (tating ta iF he eye] officer terns whe
time ofthe interview tht an alien as a ereible fear f persecution. thelial be
lined for frter orsderain the aplistion for apy")
IL, ‘The Supreme Court's Reasoning in Jennings v Rodriguez Supports Overreling
Matter of XK.
In Jennings v Rndrigues, 138 S.C, 830 (2018), the Supreme Court reverse the decision
of the US. Court of Appeals fo the Ninh Citeuit in Rocbiguesv, Robbins, 804 F.3d 1060 (ta
(Cir, 2018), In doing so, the Cou determined tha the Ninth Creu had een ppb he
canon of costttonl avoidace because the plain language ofthe elevartsetons ofthe INA
incladng provisions pening to expedited removal, imposes to limit onthe eng of
Getstion. Seo Jenningr, 158. CX. at 842, In relevant pr the Cour ruled tht INA
|§235(b)(1B)(i) mandates detention “or futher consieration ofthe application for asylum” of
‘Thee wcll? ens at tare sence posi ting it cont cei ofte
atone one ye alan spp otis caine ok tbe cts re na oe. cha te
‘len cud eb eighty fray um" under INA § 208, TNA § 2350000100)
“4 —_‘alien determined to havea credible fear of persecution, while INAS 235(6N2}A) IFS