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Political Refugees and the United States Immigration Laws: A Case Note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1968

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References

1 E.g., Presidential Directive of Dec. 22, 1945, 13 Dept. of State Bulletin 981 (1945); Displaced Persons Act, 1948, 62 Stat. 1009; Eefugee Belief Act, 1953, 67 Stat. 400; Befugee-Escapee Act, 1957, 71 Stat. 639; “Fair Share” Act, 1960, 74 Stat. 504.

2 Sees. 212(a) (9) (10), 66 Stat. 182; 8 U.S.C. §$1182(a)(9) (10). A 1950 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals indicates that “political offense” is defined in terms of Be Castioni, [1891] 1 Q.B. 149, 159. Matter of K, 4 Administrative Decisions under Immigration and Nationality Laws 108, 118 (1950) (cited henceforth as I. & N. Dec.)

3 Sec. 212(d)(5), 66 Stat. 188; 8 U.S.C. §1182(d)(5). By Presidential Directive of Dec. 1, 1956, 15,000 Hungarian refugees were admitted under this section of the Act. 103 Cong. Bee. 1355 (1957). The Presidential Directive of May 23, 1962, provided for the parole of Chinese refugees into the country, 46 Dept. of State Bulletin 993 (1962). Sec. 241(e), 66 Stat. 208; 8 U.S.C. $1251(e). H.R. Bep. No. 1365, 82nd Cong., 2d Sess., p. 61 (1952).

4 Sec. 243(h), 66 Stat. 214; 8 TJ.S.C. §1253(h).

5 79 Stat. 911.

6 Sec. 203(a)(7), 79 Stat. 913; 8 U.8.C. §1153(a)(7). “General area of the Middle East” comprises the area from Libya to Pakistan and from Turkey to Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. This section also provides for the admission of “persons uprooted by catastrophic natural calamity.“

7 Sec. 245, 66 Stat. 217;

8 U.S.C. $1255. 8 Sec. 203(a)(7), cited note 6.

9 C.F.B. §235.9.

10 371 F.2d 772 (2d Cir., 1966), cert, denied, 386 U.S. 1017 (1967).

11 Matter of Tom, 11 I. & N. Dec. 798 (1966) (Chinese national entered on false claim of American nationality).

12 Wing Wa Lee v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 375 F.2d 723, 724 (9th Cir., 1967), cert, denied, 389 U. S. 856 (1967); Tai Mui v. Esperdy, cited note 10.

13 Matter of Lalian, Department of Justice, Interim Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals, No. 1709 (1967) (cited henceforth as Int. Dec. No.); Matter of Frisch, Int. Dec. No. 1686 (1967); Matter of Shirinian, Int. Dec. No. 1773 (1967).

14 Matter of Sun, Int. Dec. No. 1685 (1966).

I5 Matter of Moy, Int. Dec. No. 1707 (1967); Matter of Sun, cited above; Min Chin Wu v. Fullilove, 282 F. Supp. 63 (N.D. Calif., 1968); Matter of Chad, Int. Dec. No. 1698 (1967); Matter of Hung, Int. Dec. No. 1722 (1967).

16 Matter of Moy, Int. Dec. No. 1708 (1967).

17 Matter of Shirinian, 3, cited note 13. See Blazina v. Bouchard, 286 F.2d 507, 511 (3rd Cir., 1961), cert, denied, 366 U.S. 950 (1961), for an endorsement of this position. is Matter of Adamska, Int Dec No. 1727 (1967).

19 Matter of Moy, cited note 16.

20 8 C.F.B. §245.4. See, Matter of Garcia-Meijides, Int. Dec. No. 1696 (1967).

21 66 Stat. 214; 8 U.S.C. §1253(h); 79 Stat. 918. H. E. Rep. No. 745, 89th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 22 (1965).

22 8 C.F.B. §242.17(c).

23 Lam Leung Kam v. Esperdy, 274 F.Supp. 485 (S.D.N.Y., 1967); Yui Ting Sang v. Esperdy, 278 F.Supp. 184 (S.D.N.Y., 1967); Sui Fung Luk v. Bosenberg, 276 F.Supp. 909 (C.D.Cal., 1967); Cheng Kai Fu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 386 F.2d 750 (2d Cir., 1967).

24 Matter of Nghiem, 11 I. & N. Dee. 541 (1966).

25 Lena v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 379 FJid 536 (7th Cir., 1967); Sadeghzadeh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 393 F. 2d 894 (7th Cir., 1968) (Christian convert feared religious persecution in Iran).

26 Matter of Man, Int. Dec. No. 1753 (1967).

27 Matter of Kojoory, Int. Dec. No. 1731 (1967); Hosseinmardi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 391 F. 2d 914 (9th Cir., 1968).

28 Hyppolite v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 382 F.2d 98 (7th Cir., 1967).

29 United States ex rel. Kordie v. Esperdy, 276 F. Supp. 1 (8JD.N.Y., 1967), aff'd, :!86 F.2d 232 (2d Cir., 1967).

30 Matter of Sihasale, Int. Dec. No. 1629 (1966); Novinc v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 371 F.2d 272 (7th Cir., 1967).

31 Lam Leung Kam v. Esperdy, cited note 23; Hyppolite v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, cited note 28.

32 Matter of Nagy, Int. Dec No. 1666 (1966) (Hungarian national stayed abroad too long); Matter of Sun, Int. Dec. No. 1661 (1966) (Chinese national feared em bezzlement charge); Matter of Bufalino, 11 I. & N. Dec. 351 (1965) (Italian national having criminal record in United States)

33 United States ex rel. Kordic v. Esperdy, 276 F. Supp. 1, 3, cited note 29; De Lucia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 370 F.2d 305 (7th Cir., 1966), cert, denied, 386 U.S. 912 (1967); Hyppolite v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, cited note 28.

34 Lena v. Immigration and Naturalization Service at 538, cited note 25.

35 Novinc v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, cited note 30; Lam Leung Kam v. Esperdy, cited note 23; Cheng Kai Fu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, cited note 23. An application to re-open does not automatically stay deportation. 8 C.F.B. §103.5. Kwong Chau v. Esperdy, 276 F.Supp. 897 (S.D.N.Y., 1967).

36 Matter of Adamska at 1, cited note 18.