Legal Opinion
McLat v. Longo
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 27, 1976No. Civ. No. 1975/422PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, District Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION WITH JUDGMENT ATTACHED
The detailed and complex immigration laws of the United States [Act of June 27, 1952, 66 Stat. 163, as amended; 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq.] were designed and drafted as much for the protection of American labor as for the maintenance of the racial status quo. While the odious qualitative restrictions and numerical limitations foundation of the 1917 and 1924 Immigration Acts (39 Stat. 874 and 43 Stat. 153) were eliminated by Public Law 89-236 [Act of October 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 911], the basic quota-preference structure was retained, albeit in a transmuted…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Kwong Hai Chew v. ColdingSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Lutwak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Kleindienst v. MandelSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by9 opinions
- LAUREANOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1983
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- McKEEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1980
- PATELBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Chan v. BellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1978
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