Opinion ID: 76255
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Circuit Split Post-Zadvydas

Text: 24 A circuit split has developed as to whether Zadvydas limits only the government's authority to detain resident aliens or whether Zadvydas applies to all categories of aliens. Compare Borrero v. Aljets, 325 F.3d 1003, 1007 (8th Cir.2003) (concluding that Zadvydas 's six-month presumption of reasonableness is inapplicable to inadmissible aliens); Rios v. I.N.S., 324 F.3d 296, 297 (5th Cir.2003) (concluding that Zadvydas distinguished the status of deportable aliens from that of excludable aliens); Hoyte-Mesa v. Ashcroft, 272 F.3d 989, 991 (7th Cir.2001) (concluding that an inadmissible alien's continued detention does not violate due process), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 846, 123 S.Ct. 185, 154 L.Ed.2d 73 (2002); with Rosales-Garcia v. Holland, 322 F.3d 386, 408 (6th Cir.) ( en banc ) (applying the reasonableness limitation that the Supreme Court read into § 1231(a)(6) in Zadvydas to inadmissible aliens), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 123 S.Ct. 2607, 156 L.Ed.2d 627 (2003); Xi v. I.N.S., 298 F.3d 832, 837-39 (9th Cir.2002) (same). 16 Although a circuit split exists, the Supreme Court has denied certiorari in cases representing both viewpoints. 25 This case, however, requires us to join the debate and determine whether unadmitted aliens, post- Zadvydas, may be detained indefinitely under § 1231(a)(6). To do so, we first discuss why Benitez remains an inadmissable alien and then whether inadmissible aliens have a constitutional right to be free from indefinite detention. We then examine whether the reasonableness component, as read into § 1231(a)(6) by the Supreme Court in Zadvydas, applies to inadmissible aliens.