Published October 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM ET · Updated October 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM ET
Trump administration scores win in imam deportation fight
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
An imam present in the United States is a person under the Fifth Amendment: Yamataya v. Fisher held that an alien who has landed cannot be removed without notice and a meaningful chance to be heard. Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr keeps federal habeas open to decide pure legal questions in removal, so an administration win still leaves those floors standing.
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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