Effect of Presidential Pardon on Aliens Who Left the Country to Avoid Military Service

March 24, 1977 77-14 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Effect of Presidential Pardon on Aliens Who Left the Country to Avoid Military Service You have asked us to examine the question of whether the Presi­ dent’s Proclamation and accompanying Executive order granting a pardon to all those who violated the Military Selective Service Act between August 4, 1964, and March 28, 1973, will have the effect of removing the exclusion of aliens who departed from or remained out­ side the United States to avoid or evade training or service in the Arm ed Forces. W e agree with the Immigration…