In re Lee Yee Sing’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district ·

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1. ““Now, the difference between that case and the present one is that, by the statutes in force when the former was decided, the action of executive officers charged with the duty of enforcing the Chinese exclusion act of 1882, as amended in 1884, could be reached by the courts when necessary for the protection of rights given or secured by some statute or treaty relating to Chinese. But by the act of 1894 the decision of the appropriate immigration or customs officers excluding an alien ‘from admission into the United States under any law or treaty is made final in every case unless on appeal to the secretary of the treasury, it be reversed.’ To avoid misapprehension, it is proper to say that the court does not now express any opinion upon the question whether, under the facts stated in the application for the writ of habeas corpus, Lem Moon Sing was entitled of right, under some law or treaty, to re-enter the United States. We mean only to decide that that question has been constitutionally committed by congress to named officers of the executive department of the government for final determination.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Chin Fee

2. ““His right to enter having been passed upon by the only officer clothed with authority to decide the question, the petition must be denied.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Chin Fee