The phrase "alien case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to immigration, legal matters, or science fiction, referring to a case involving an alien or foreign entity.
Example: "The lawyer specialized in handling complex alien cases, often representing clients from various countries seeking asylum."
Alternatives: "foreign case" or "extraterrestrial case".
"The government had thought it was more than an ordinary alien smuggling case," Tristan Coffin, an assistant United States attorney, told Judge William Sessions in Federal District Court in Burlington before conceding that there was nothing to warrant holding Ms. Garofalo further.
Reasonable care will be exercised to ensure that the alien's case is reviewed once the reason for delay is remedied or if the alien is not removed from the United States as anticipated at the time review was suspended or postponed.
Paranormal Witness: This special 90-minute episode "The Abduction" brings together the key people involved in the most famous alleged alien abduction case in history, the reported 1975 abduction and reappearance of Arizona logger Travis Walton, whose five-day experience inspired the film "Fire in the Sky" (10 p.m. Syfy).
"As of March 2006, the halfway point for the fiscal year, there were 342 alien smuggling cases filed in that jurisdiction.
There have been more than a dozen alien tort cases filed against companies since the mid-1990's, but none have so far gone to a jury trial.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a district judge's order that the Justice Department explain whether race was a factor in its decision to seek the death penalty in a 2003 alien-smuggling case.
"The Department of Justice will continue to prosecute alien-smuggling cases as they are submitted and as there is credible evidence regardless of who is doing the smuggling and transporting," Mr. Reno said.
After the verdict, the prosecutor said the Justice Department would continue to prosecute such alien-smuggling cases, and defendants, who had stressed their religious convictions through the long trial, said they would continue their help to Central Americans.
A footnote in a 2004 Supreme Court decision on an unrelated Alien Tort Statute case referred specifically to the South African lawsuit, noting that there was "a strong argument that federal courts should give serious weight to the executive branch's view of the case's impact on foreign policy".
The Alien Tort Statute case is Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, No. 03-339.
