Supreme Court Immigration Decisions

We link to the immigration law decisions made by the Supreme Court of the United States from 1958 to the present.

We also link to the Oyez website which allows you to read summaries of all Supreme Court cases and listen to Oral Arguments made before the Court.

Over the years, the Supreme Court has made many momentous decisions regarding U.S. immigration.

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In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 that “a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China”, automatically became a U.S. citizen at birth.

In 1967, in Afroyim v. Rusk (see below), the Supreme Court ruled that citizens of the United States may not be deprived of their citizenship involuntarily.

SUPREME COURT – IMMIGRATION CASES

• DHS v. Thuraissigiam, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• DHS v. Regents of the University of California, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Challenge to California Sanctuary Law (6-15-20)
• Nasrallah v. Barr, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Barton v. Barr, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Kansas v. Garcia, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Hernandez v. Mesa, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Chad Wolf, DHS v. Cook Country, Illinois, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• DHS v. New York, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Nielsen v. Preap, 586 U.S. ____ (2019)
• Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)
• Pereira v. Sessions, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)
• Sessions v. Dimaya, 585 U.S. ____ (2018)
• Jennings v. Rodriguez, 583 U.S. ___ (2018)
• Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project, et. al., 582 U.S. ____ (2017)
• Jae Lee v. United States, 582 U.S. ____ (2017)
• Maslenjak v. United States, 582 U.S. ____ (2017)
• Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 582 U.S. ____ (2017)
• Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 582 U.S. ____ (2017)
• United States v. Texas, 579 U.S. ____ (2016)
• Oral Arguments in United States vs. Texas (2016)
• Luna Torres v. Lynch, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
• Molina-Martinez v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
• Mata v. Lynch, 576 U.S. _____ (2015)
• Kerry v. Din, 576 U.S. _____ (2015)
• Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio, 573 U.S. _____ (2014)
• Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. _____ (2013)
• Chaidez v. United States, 568 U.S. _____ (2013)
• Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Holder v. Gutierrez, 566 U.S. _____ (2012)
• Vartelas v. Holder, 566 U.S. 257 (2012)
• Kawashima v. Holder, 565 U.S. 478 (2012)
• Arizona v. United States, 132 S. Ct 845 (2011)
• Judulang v. Holder, 565 U.S. _____ (2011)
• Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. 582 (2011)
• Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010)
• Kucana v. Holder, 558 U.S. _____ (2010)
• Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2009)
• Nijhawan v. Holder, 557 U.S. _____ (2009)
• Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. _____ (2009)
• Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. _____ (2009)
• Negusie v. Holder, 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
• Dada v. Mukasey, 554 U.S. 2307 (2008)
• Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 30 (2007)
• Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales, 548 U.S. 1376 (2006)
• Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 543 U.S. 335 (2005)
• Clark v. Martinez, 543 U.S. 371 (2005)
• Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Demore v. Kim, 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS, 533 U.S. 53 (2001)
• Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Miller v. Albright, 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• INS v. Yueh-Shaio Yang, 519 U.S. 26 (1996)
• U.S. Department of State v. Legal Assistance For Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc., 519 U.S. 1 (1996)
• Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
• Sale, Acting Commissioner, INS v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., 509 U.S. 155 (1993)
• INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 (1992)
• INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314 (1992)
• Ardestani v. INS, 502 U.S. 129 (1991)
• INS v. NCIR, Inc., 502 U.S. 183 (1991)
• INS v. Abudu, 485 U.S. 94 (1988)
• INS v. Pangilinan, 486 U.S. 875 (1988)
• Kungys v. United States, 485 U.S. 759 (1988)
• INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• INS v. Delgado, 466 U.S. 210 (1984)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. NLRB, 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• Bernal v. Fainter, 467 U.S. 216 (1984)
• INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
• Toll v. Moreno, 458 U.S. 1 (1982)
• Cabell v. Chavez-Salido, 454 U.S. 432 (1982)
• Fedorenko v. United States, 449 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Vance v. Terrazas, 444 U.S. 252 (1980)
• Foley v. Connelie, 435 U.S. 291 (1978)
• Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86 (1958)

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