Jennings v. Rodriguez and the Future of Immigration Detention

16 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2017 Last revised: 29 Mar 2018

Date Written: November 8, 2017

Abstract

Immigration detention will likely play a central role in the Trump administration’s efforts to increase deportations. Despite the President’s broad authority to detain, the U.S. Supreme Court will have an opportunity to limit that authority via a case that will be heard for a second time before the Court this year. In Jennings v. Rodriguez, the Court will consider both statutory and constitutional challenges to the government’s ability to detain certain individuals without providing them the opportunity to be released on bond. Not only does the Court’s decision in Jennings have the potential to restrict the government’s use of immigration detention, but it could simultaneously chip away at the plenary power doctrine, which traditionally accords Congress and the President broad authority to enact, administer, and enforce immigration law without judicial oversight.

Keywords: Immigration Detention, Plenary Power, Mandatory Immigration Detention

Suggested Citation

Torrey, Philip, Jennings v. Rodriguez and the Future of Immigration Detention (November 8, 2017). Harvard Latino Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 171, 2017, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 3067537, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3067537

Philip Torrey (Contact Author)

Harvard Law School ( email )

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Suite 3105
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

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