1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Can Aliens in Immigration Proceedings Be Detained Indefinitely? High Court Rules on Statutory, but not Constitutional Authority Updated April 3, 2018 Recently, the Supreme Court in Jennings v. Rodriguez interpr
2、eted provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as authorizing the potentially indefinite detention of certain categories of aliens, without bond, who are awaiting removal proceedings. The Court reversed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit), whic
3、h upheld a federal district courts injunction requiring aliens detained under one of three statutes to be afforded a bond hearing, and potentially be released from custody, if held longer than six months. Because the indefinite detention of at least some categories of aliens covered by the challenge
4、d statutes would arguably raise constitutional concerns, the Ninth Circuit had construed the statutes so that the period in which they authorized detention without bail was limited to six months. But the Supreme Court ruled that this interpretation was implausible given the statutes text, and the Co
