BUSTOS v. MITCHELL

Nos. 72-1178, 72-1179 and 72-1200.

481 F.2d 479 (1973)

Robert BUSTOS, and Lupe Murquia, Appellants, v. John MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States, et al. Robert BUSTOS et al., United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Appellant, v. John MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States, et al. Robert BUSTOS et al., Cristobal Cardona et al., Appellants, v. John MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph Onek, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellants. John W. Karr, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Ralph Farb, Atty., Immigration and Naturalization Service, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Gil Zimmerman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellees.

Before GEORGE C. EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, and JOHN H. PRATT, United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge:

This case challenges the legality of the system whereby the Immigration and Naturalization Service1 for many years has permitted and continues to permit Mexican aliens2 to commute either daily or seasonally from their place of residence in Mexico to employment in the United States. Plaintiffs-appellants Robert Bustos, an American citizen, and Lupe Murquia, a Mexican national permanently...

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