GOORAHOO’s Empirical Analysis
1994
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1153 (§ 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Lau v. Kiley
Most-quoted passages
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“Guyana has eliminated all legal distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate children. Thus, children born out of wedlock in Guyana after May 18, 1983, which is the effective date of the Removal of Discrimination Act, and children who are under the age of 18 prior to that date are deemed legitimate and legitimated children,, respectively.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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