Mr. Justice Field delivered the opinion of the court. The appeal involyes a consideration of the validity of the act of Congress of October 1, 1888, prohibiting Chinese laborers from entering the United States who had departed before its passage, having a certificate issued’ under the act of 1882 as' amended by the act of 1884, granting them permission to return. The validity of the act is assailed as being in…
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