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PIERRE v. UNITED STATES

No. 75-3975.

547 F.2d 1281 (1977)

Marie PIERRE et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Lieberman, New York City (Michael Krinsky, Dorian Bowman, Ira I. Gollobin, New York City, Neal R. Sonnett, Donald I. Bierman, Miami, Fla., of counsel), for petitioners-appellants.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Rex L. Young, Atty., Gov. Reg. Sec., James P. Morris, Philip Wilens, Acting Chief, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 12, 1977.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This is an immigration case involving the appeal of a number of Haitian aliens who claim asylum in the United States as political refugees. Petitioners, 147 Haitian nationals who admit their excludability under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(20) (lack of appropriate documentation), requested parole into the United States under section 1182(d)(5) as political refugees as defined in the...

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