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In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of an Arizona law requiring police to check the immigration status of people they stop. The Court upheld the federal government's primacy in immigration enforcement.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that states cannot deny education to undocumented children. The Court found that such a policy violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In 1875, the Supreme Court invalidated California's discriminatory law that imposed burdensome requirements on Chinese women to enter the United States, reinforcing federal control over immigration.

In 1898, the Supreme Court held that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese parents became a citizen at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment, establishing jus soli (right of the soil) as a principle of citizenship.

In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that a U.S. citizen's due process rights were not violated when her Afghan husband was denied a visa under a broad counterterrorism law without detailed explanations.

The Supreme Court in 2017 struck down a gender distinction in immigration law that determined how citizenship passed to children born abroad, finding it violated the equal protection principle.

In 2010, the Supreme Court decided that criminal defense attorneys must advise non-citizen clients about the deportation risks of guilty pleas, establishing the duty under the Sixth Amendment's effective counsel guarantee.

In 2001, the Supreme Court interpreted the Immigration and Nationality Act to forbid indefinite detention of immigrants under a deportation order if their deportation is not reasonably foreseeable.

In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the government can deport immigrants to their country of birth, even if that country's government does not consent to receiving them.

In 1987, the Supreme Court decision related to the power of federal courts to appoint private attorneys to prosecute criminal contempt charges, though not an immigration case, has significant implications for legal proceedings including immigration.

In 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries, stating the president has broad discretion to suspend the entry of foreigners.

In 1993, the Supreme Court addressed the detention of unaccompanied immigrant children, allowing the government to detain minors in a manner consistent with their wellbeing and without an individualized custody determination.

In 2001, this Supreme Court case centered on the interpretation of federal laws concerning early release of prisoners, which, by extension, affects the treatment of immigrants in detention.

In 2018, the Supreme Court held that detained non-citizens do not have a statutory right to periodic bail hearings during immigration proceedings, reinforcing prolonged detentions for immigration enforcement purposes.