2 Jan 1893 Jahr - Fong Yue Ting v. United States (1893)

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First deportation case questioning the constitutionality of the Acts, arguing that lawful Chinese residents deserved protection from deportation. Court decided that the president and legislature had "absolute," "unqualified" plenary power over immigration, grounded in the nation's sovereignty. "The order of deportation is not a punishment for crime".

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