Leng May Ma v. Barber

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1958-06-16

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Mr. Justice Clark delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a habeas corpus case involving § 243 (h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which authorizes the Attorney General “to withhold deportation of any alien within the United States to any country in which in his opinion the alien would be subject to physical persecu *186 tion. . . <footnotema…

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