Legal Opinion
Paul and Mona Anetekhai v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1989No. 88-3191 & 88-3450PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Paul and Mona Anetekhai brought this suit challenging the constitutionality of Section 5(b) of the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 (“IMFA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1154(h). The district court, holding that § 1154(h) is constitutional, entered judgment in favor of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) and dismissed the Anetekhais’ complaint. We affirm.
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The Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq., provides that “immediate relatives” of United States citizens are exempt from statutorily imposed numerical immigration quotas. 8…
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