Legal Opinion
Chinese American Civic Council v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 11, 1977No. 75-1870PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
Between 1949 and 1956 the five Chinese appellants here fled to Hong Kong to escape communist persecution in their native land. They have resided in Hong Kong ever since. When their 1971-72 applications for conditional entry into the United States as Seventh Preference refugees were denied by the District Director at Hong Kong of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), they sought judicial review. In that proceeding the District Court found that appellants 1 lacked standing and dismissed the suit. In its opinion the court also noted that…
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