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SILVA v. BELL

No. 79-1154.

605 F.2d 978 (1979)

Refugio SILVA et al., Plaintiff-Appellees, v. Griffin B. BELL, United States Attorney General, et al., Defendant-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1979.

As Corrected September 26, 1979.

As Modified on Rehearing October 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauri Steven Filppu, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.

Bruce L. Goldsmith, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and TONE, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

TONE, Circuit Judge.

During the period from 1968 to 1976, 144,999 Cuban refugees were granted permanent resident status pursuant to the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, Pub.L. No. 89-732, 80 Stat. 1161. The visa numbers assigned to them were charged against the Western Hemisphere immigration quota, thereby making those visa numbers unavailable to applicants from Western Hemisphere countries other than Cuba. In 1976 it was determined...

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