Guan Chow Tok and Pak Suen Stephen Lai v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

How courts have described this case

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• “Since, in the case at bar, neither of the petitioners has been a permanent resident of the United States for a period of seven years, the statute [8 U.S.C. § 1182(c)] is clearly inapplicable”
• immigration judge “cannot exercise discretion and withhold deportation in contravention of the statute”
• because of plenary power of Congress to regulate admission and expulsion of aliens, deportation order under 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(11) for conviction of narcotics offense not subject to judicial scrutiny absent patent abuse
• few adverse matters BIA views as more serious than illegal drug importation
• distinction between narcotics offenders and other offenders reasonable
• distinction between narcotics offenders and other offenders reasonable

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