Legal Opinion
Lora v. Shanahan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 28, 2015No. 14-2343-PRPublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge.
In 1996, with the passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (“IIRIRA”), Congress significantly expanded the categories of non-citizens subject to mandatory detention pending their removal proceedings.4 Under section 1226(c) of the revised INA, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is required to detain aliens who have committed certain crimes “when [they are] released.” The section contains no explicit provision for bail.5 When the constitutionality of section 1226(c) was challenged in Demore v. Kim, 538 U.S. 510, 123…
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