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Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. v. Gracey. 600 F.Supp. 1396

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 79 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 744 - 746
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1985

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References

1 The Refugee Act of 1980 amended the Immigration and Nationality Act and added an asylum provision.

2 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, Jan. 31, 1967, 19 UST 6223, TIAS No. 6577, 606 UNTS 267. The Protocol incorporates Articles 2 to 34 of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28, 1951, 19 UST 6259, TIAS No. 6577, 189 UNTS 150.

3 GA Res. 217A, UN Doc. A/810, at 71 (1948), reprinted in 43 AJIL Supp. 127 (1949).

4 Treaty of Extradition, June 28, 1905, U.S.-Haiti, Art. I, 34 Stat. 2858, 2859, TS No. 447.

5 See Proclamation No. 4865, 46 Fed. Reg. 48,107 (1981), reprinted in 8 U.S.C. §1182 (supp. note) (1982); Exec. Order No. 12324, 46 Fed. Reg. 48,109 (1981), reprinted in 8 U.S.C. §1182 (supp. note) (1982).

6 600 F.Supp. 1396, 1400 (quoting United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 U.S. 304, 319-20 (1936)). See generally Note, , Constitutional Limits on the Power to Exclude Aliens, 82 Colum. L. Rev. 957, 965 (1982)Google Scholar (for almost a century, the Supreme Court has been virtually unvarying in its evaluation of the federal Government’s power to exclude).

7 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (1982).

8 8 U.S.C. §§1251, 1253(a) (1982).

9 8 U.S.C. §1221 (1982).

10 600 F.Supp. at 1404.

11 Id. at 1405 (citing Landon v. Plascencia, 459 U.S. 21, 32 (1982)); Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753, 765-66 (1972); Galvan v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 530-32 (1954)).

12 600 F.Supp. at 1406.

13 International law imposes no obligation to grant asylum to refugees. See Weis, , The Development of Refugee Law, in Transnational Legal Problems of Refugees, Mich. Y.B. of Int’l Legal Stud. 27, 39 (1982)Google Scholar. See also Young, , Between Sovereigns: A Reexamination of the Refugee’s Status, in id. at 339-70 Google Scholar; Comment, , The Dilemma of the Sea Refugee: Rescue without Refuge, 18 Harv. Int’l L.J. 577, 585-87 (1977)Google Scholar.

14 See, e.g., Jean v. Nelson, 727 F.2d 957 (11th Cir.), cert, granted, 105 S.Ct. 563 (1984), argued, Mar. 25, 1985, 53 U.S.L.W. 3714 (No. 84-5240).