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· 7/28/1925

Nigro v. United States

Citations

  • 7 F.2d 553
  • 1925 U.S. App. LEXIS 3588

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that arrests under § 1357(a)(2) require an individualized determination of flight risk
  • holding that arrests under § 1357(a)(2) require an individualized determination of flight risk
  • asserting that even INS agents have no legitimate basis for a warrantless arrest of aliens subject to civil deportation unless the arrest­ ing officer reasonably believes that the alien is likely to escape before an arrest warrant can be obtained
  • no reason to believe that aliens working in factory were likely to escape before warrant could be obtained
  • aliens who were detained without a warrant in a factory had not been likely to escape before a warrant could be obtained
  • “Section 1357(a)(2) requires that the arresting officer reasonably believe that the alien is in the country illegally and that she ‘is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained for [her] arrest.’ ”

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