15 май 1893 г. - Fong Yue Ting v. United States

Описание:

A Supreme Court case in which it was decided that the Geary Act of 1892 was constitutional, which was a law that extended thee Chinese Exclusion Act for another 10 years, as well as shifting the burden of proof to Chinese immigrants to demonstrate the right to be in the US. Several Chinese citizens were arrested for not having a valid certificate of residence, but argued that their imprisonment lacked due process of law. The Supreme Court decided 6-3 that the federal government could regulate immigration how they wanted, including detaining or deporting immigrants without due process of law.