In re Yamasaka’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““That any alien who shall come into the United States in violation of law may he returned as by law provided, at any time within one year thereafter, at the expense of the person or persons, vessel, transportation company, or corporation bringing such alien into the United States, and if that cannot be done, then at the expense of the United States; and any alien who becomes a public charge within one year after his arrival in the United States from causes existing prior to his landing therein shall be deemed to have come in violation of law and shall be returned as aforesaid.””

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

2. ““That the circuit and district courts of the United States are hereby invested with full and concurrent jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this act; and this act shall go into effect on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.””

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

3. ““All aliens who may unlawfully come to the United States shall, if practicable, be immediately sent back on the vessel by which they were brought in.””

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