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3 Crit 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/tcrit3 and id is 1 raw text is: Winter 2010 EXTENDING DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS To UNADMITrED ALIENS WITHIN THE U.S. THROUGH THE FUNCTIONAL APPROACH OF BOUMEDIENE Charles Ellison* CONTENTS I. Arar v. Ashcroft- A Case Study .................................... 6 A. Facts of the Case ........................................................ 6 B. Legal Resolution of the Case .................................... 13 II. Legal Rights and Protections of Inadmissible Aliens in the U.S., and Claims of Abuse ....................... 16 A. Sovereign Immunity and the FTCA ........................ 17 B. Claims Arising out of Violations of the Constitution ............................................................ 20 C. Claims Arising out of Violations of Federal Statutes ................................................................... 23 III. Boumediene as a Vehicle for Change ........................... 25 A. Strict Non-Extraterritorial Rule of Constitutional Application. ................... 26 B. The Kennedy Concurrence in Verdugo-Urquidez ................................................. 29 C. Boumediene's Functional Approach ...................... 30 D. The Effects of the Functional Approach on the Entry Fiction ............................................... 35 E. The Reach of the Due Process Clause after Boumediene ................................................... 39 IV. Applying the Functional Approach to Extend Due Process to Inadmissible Aliens ............................. 45 A. Due Process Right to Basic Procedural Protection ................................................................ 46 B. Due Process Right to be Free from Gross Physical Abuse ........................................................ 49 Charles Ellison obtained his B.A. in Philosophy from Trinity College and his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. Ellison is currently an Asylum Officer for the Office of Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations, Department of Homeland Security. The views presented in the article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of United States Government, DHS, or any of its components.

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