Opinion ID: 1261998
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Inadmissible Aliens

Text: A separate provision of the INA sets forth categories of aliens, who, [e]xcept as otherwise provided in the INA, are ineligible to be admitted to the United States. INA § 212(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a). Among the categories of aliens deemed inadmissible are those aliens who enter[ ] or attempt[ to reenter the United States without being admitted and who have previously been ordered removed. INA § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(II), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(C)(i)(II). Section 1182(a)(9)(C)(i)(II) provides a lifetime bar on admission, subject to a discretionary waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security permitting an alien to reapply for admission from abroad after at least ten years have elapsed since the alien's latest departure from the United States. This consent to reapply exception provides that: [The permanent bar to admissibility] shall not apply to an alien seeking admission more than 10 years after the date of the alien's last departure from the United States if, prior to the alien's reembarkation at a place outside the United States or attempt to be readmitted from a foreign contiguous territory, the Attorney General has consented to the alien's reapplying for admission. INA § 212(a)(9)(C)(ii), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(C)(ii).