Published September 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM ET · Updated September 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM ET
Judge rules Trump administration can deport Wisconsin mosque leader
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A judge ruled the Trump administration can deport the leader of Wisconsin's largest mosque. The judge found the deportation could proceed on national security grounds.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Yamataya v. Fisher holds that a noncitizen who has entered the United States cannot be removed without due process, meaning at minimum notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard. For this deportation, the constitutional issue is the adequacy of that process, and Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr keeps pure questions of law open in federal habeas.
Kaoru Yamataya v. Thomas M. Fisher, Immigrant and Chinese Inspector (The Japanese Immigrant Case) 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
Vote: Majority for the Court (Harlan); Brewer and Peckham dissenting. Exact 7-2 tally not… · Opinion: Harlan
Although Congress may commit exclusion and deportation to executive officers without judicial trial, an alien who has landed and become part of the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
Vote: 5-4 · Opinion: Justice John Paul Stevens
Two holdings. (1) Jurisdiction: notwithstanding AEDPA and IIRIRA's review-stripping provisions, federal district courts retain jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to decide pure questions of law in habeas petitions filed by aliens facing removal. Because barring all judicial review of such questions would raise a serious Suspension Clause problem — habeas at its historical core ran to executive detention — the Court required a clear, unambiguous statement from Congress before reading a statute to eliminate habeas, and found none.
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