Legal Opinion

Git Foo Wong, Also Known as Chuck Sen Wong v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 16, 1966No. 20133_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

Git Foo Wong, petitioner herein, entered the United States illegally in 1951 at about the age of 15 years, falsely claiming to be the son of a United States citizen. Petitioner has been continuously present in this country from that time except that in November, 1961, while living in Santa Paula, California, 1 he drove to Mexico for a Sunday sightseeing trip, remaining there about two hours, and was then readmitted to this country as a United States citizen. In 1962 he voluntarily appeared before the Immigration and Naturalization Service and confessed he was illegally…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rosenberg v. FleutiSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Percy Briggs Wadman v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Jagdish Rai Chadha v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  2. Correa v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  3. Sombat Kamheangpatiyooth v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  4. Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. MeeseDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1988
  5. Correa v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990

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