Acosta v. Haig

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge.

The above consolidated actions, which are based on the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq., are before the court on cross motions for summary judgment. The sole issue before the court is the proper application of § 202(e) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1152(e).1 The plaintiffs, fifth and sixth preference Mexican visa applicants,2 contend that § 202(e) should have applied in fiscal year 1980 (“FY 1980”) because the defendants allocated more than 20,000 visa numbers to Mexican consular posts. The defendants3…