Legal Opinion
Alam v. Nielsen
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 9, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:18–CV–680PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HON. KEITH P. ELLISON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The story of immigration in American life, it has been said, is a "complicated history of inclusion and exclusion." Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch, Tex. , 726 F.3d 524, 526 (5th Cir. 2013) (Higginson, J.). At times to further inclusion, at other times to further exclusion, the federal government "has broad, undoubted power over the subject of immigration and the status of aliens." Arizona v. U.S. , 567 U.S. 387, 394, 132 S.Ct. 2492, 183 L.Ed.2d 351 (2012). Even with that power's breadth, acts of exclusion have "unfolded…
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