In a 2018 ruling (Rodriguez v. Jennings), the Supreme Court rejected the six-month presumptive limit on immigrant detention set by lower courts, reaffirming that challenges must be made on an individual, "as-applied" basis.

Canada denied entry to a player from Ghana for the World Cup because he failed to disclose a prior arrest for rape on his visa application.

The Supreme Court has ruled twice in the last decade that there is generally no judicial review available in federal court for visa denials made by the State Department.