HARUTUNIAN’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 306 (§ 6 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 8 U.S.C. § 1151 (§ 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on United States v. American Trucking Associations · Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei · Kleindienst v. Mandel · Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath
Most-quoted passages
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“Since the elements constituting likelihood of becoming a public charge are varied, there should be no attempt to define the term in the law, but rather to establish the specific qualification that the determination of whether an alien falls into that category rests within the discretion of the consular officers or the Commissioner [of Immigration].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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