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Ramos v. Thornburgh

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided April 12, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-1244, 90-1246, 90-1249, 90-1251, 90-1252, 90-1255, 90-1281, 90-1282, 90-1307, 90-1309 to 90-1313, 90-1315, 90-1316, 90-1318, 90-1319, 90-1322, 90-1324 to 90-1326, 90-1328 to 90-1330, 90-1340 to 90-1343, 90-1346, 90-1347, 90-1351 to 90-1355, 90-1357 to 90-1361, 90-1363, 90-1365 to 90-1367, 90-1369, 90-1370, 90-1372, 90-1373, 90-1416, 90-1418 to 90-1420, 90-1422, 90-1426, 90-1456, 90-1457, 90-1460, 90-1461, 90-1463, 90-1464, 90-1466, 90-1468 to 90-1470, 90-1473 to 90-1477, 90-1479, 90-1622, 90-1627 to 90-1630, 90-1632, 90-1634 to 90-1637, 90-1639 to 90-1641, 90-1643, 90-1644, 90-1646, 90-1696, 90-1698, 90-1700, 90-1711, 90-1714, 90-1755 to 90-1759, 90-1811, 90-1835, 90-1887, 90-1889, 90-1905, 90-2011, 90-2038, 90-2039 to 90-2041, 90-2126, 90-2183, 91-0147, 90-2796 and 90-2556PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULING

LITTLE, District Judge.

Each petitioner is a Cuban national who came to the United States in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift. The Immigration and Naturalization Service detained petitioner upon his arrival at the United States border and eventually decided to exclude him from admission into the country. 8 U.S.C. § 1226. De jure, petitioner has never entered this country. De facto, he is physically present and in the custody of the INS. 1 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(13).

Under the statutory scheme, whenever the INS renders a formal order of exclusion, it is to deport the alien to the country of his…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Felix Gonzalez Gisbert v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  2. In Re CubanDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Rodriguez v. ThornburghDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1993
  4. Cruz-Elias v. United States Attorney GeneralDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
  5. Gisbert v. U.S. Atty. Gen.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993

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