Angco v. Haig

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

In this action, I am called upon to construe “a unique and obscure provision” 1 of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976 (“the 1976 amendments”). Section 202(e) of the 1976 amendments alters the manner in which citizens of a foreign country are admitted to the United States as permanent residents. The change occurs with respect to a particular foreign nation whenever the maximum number of immigrant visas have been made available to its natives during the preceding fiscal year. The plaintiffs, all third and sixth preference applicants from the…