HAITIAN CENTERS COUNCIL, INC.; National Coalition for Haitian Refugees; Immigration Law Clinic of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization of New Haven, Connecticut; Dr. Frantz Guerrier, Pascal Henry, Lauriton Guneau, Medilieu Sorel St. Fleur, Dieu Renel, Milot Baptiste, Jean Doe, Roges Noel, on Behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; A. Iris Vilnor, on Behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Mireille Berger, Yvrose Pierre, Mathieu Noel, on Behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Gene McNARY, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service; William P. Barr, Attorney General; Immigration and Naturalization Service; James Baker, III, Secretary of State; Rear Admiral Robert Kramek, Admiral Kime, Commandants, United States Coast Guard; Commander, U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Defendants-Appellants.
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Argued May 13, 1992.
Decided June 10, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., New York City, Michael Jay Singer, John F. Daly, Malcolm L. Stewart, Attys., Appellate Staff Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendants-appellants.
Harold Hongju Koh, New Haven, Conn. (Drew S. Days, III, Paul W. Kahn, Anthony T. Kronman, Burke Marshall, Peter H. Schuck, Lowenstein Intern. Human Rights Clinic, Allard K. Lowenstein Intern. Human Rights Law Project, New Haven, Conn., Michael Ratner, Jules Lobel, Suzanne Shende, Center for Constitutional Rights, Joseph Tringali, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Robert Rubin, Ignatius Bau, San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Urban Affairs, San Francisco, Cal., Lucas Guttentag, Immigration Law Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.
Lory D. Rosenberg, American Immigration Law Foundation, Washington, D.C., Harvey Kaplan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, Boston, Mass., for amici curiae American Immigration Lawyers Ass'n and American Immigration Law Foundation.
Kenneth Roth, Ellen L. Lutz, Americas Watch, Jeffrey L. Braun, Michael A. Pearce, Rosenman & Colin, New York City, for amicus curiae Americas Watch.
Gregory Craig, Steven Schneebaum, Reed Brody, Janelle M. Diller, Intern. Human Rights Law Group, Washington, D.C., Gerald L. Neuman, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae Intern. Human Rights Law Group.
William G. O'Neill, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York City, for amicus curiae Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Harlon L. Dalton, Nat. Com'n on AIDS, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Members of the Nat. Com'n on AIDS.
David D. Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., Dennis Courtland Hayes, Everald Thompson, NAACP Special Contribution Fund, Baltimore, Md., for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People.
Before CARDAMONE, PIERCE, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
The Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") and various United States governmental officials appeal from an order entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Sterling Johnson, Jr., Judge, granting a preliminary injunction, and from a subsequent clarifying order. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm, as modified.
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