The following excerpt is from Brillantes v. I.N.S., 114 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 1997):
Ordinarily, the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule does not apply in civil deportation proceedings. INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, 468 U.S. 1032, 1050 (1984). Evidence may be excluded in such a hearing only if a Fourth Amendment violation is so egregious as to transgress notions of fundamental fairness. Id. at 1050-51. The record in this case does not disclose such a violation.
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