Legal Opinion
Gonzalo v. Thornburgh
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided April 12, 1991No. Civ. A. Nos. 90-1245, 90-1247, 90-1248, 90-1254, 90-1256, 90-1280, 90-1317, 90-1323, 90-1331, 90-1350, 90-1362, 90-1368, 90-1414, 90-1421, 90-1423, 90-1467, 90-1471, 90-1626, 90-1633, 90-1647 and 90-1697Published
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
LITTLE, District Judge.
Each petitioner is a Cuban national who came to the United States in 1980 *1265during 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 living subject to INS detention.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…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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