Legal Opinion
Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 2006No. 04-1376PublishedCited by 459 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
For some time, the law has provided that an order for removing an alien present unlawfully may be reinstated if he leaves and unlawfully enters again. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, 110 Stat. 3009-546, enlarged the class of illegal reentrants whose orders may be reinstated and limited the possible relief from a removal order available to them. See Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), § 241(a)(5), 66 Stat. 204, as added by IIRIRA § 305(a)(3), 110 Stat. 3009-599, 8 U. S. C. § 1231(a)(5). The questions here are whether…
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