Legal Opinion · Dissent

Lee Wei Fang v. Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, Wang Siang-Ken v. Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 25, 1963No. 16997_1Published

1Dissent

WRIGHT, Circuit Judge (dissenting).

As the court’s opinion indicates, appellants are 34 Chinese admittedly in this country illegally. Thirteen have been ordered deported to Nationalist China (Formosa) and 21 to Hong Kong. They are here resisting deportation to these countries on the ground that they are not subject nationals or citizens thereof' and that the proceedings which resulted in these deportation orders are lacking in due process.

Section 243(a)1 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 outlines the priorities as to countries to which aliens illegally in this country shall be…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Lewis v. FrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. United States ex rel. Leong Choy Moon v. ShaughnessyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
  4. United States v. MurffCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  5. Bellaskus v. CrossmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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