Amdt5.6.2.2 Exclusion of Aliens Seeking Entry into the United States
Fifth Amendment:
According to the Supreme Court, aliens seeking initial entry into the United States have no constitutional rights regarding their applications for admission
The Court has reasoned that the government has the inherent, sovereign authority to admit or exclude aliens, and that aliens standing outside of the geographic boundaries of the United States have no vested right to be admitted into the country.
Thus, in its 1953 decision in Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei, the Court held that the government could deny entry to an alien without a hearing, notwithstanding the alien’s temporary harborage on Ellis Island pending the government’s attempts to remove him from the United States