GARCIA-MIR v. SMITH

Nos. 84-8993, 85-8043.

766 F.2d 1478 (1985)

Moises GARCIA-MIR, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William French SMITH, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon D. Stokes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Lauri Steven Filppu, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Deborah S. Ebel, David Webster, Myron M. Kramer, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In the spring of 1980 approximately 125,000 Cubans participated in a mass exodus from their country to the United States. Although the "Mariel Boatlift" Cubans were properly characterized as excludable aliens with no right of entry when they arrived on our shore, the vast majority of them were eventually paroled into this country and have been given the opportunity to apply for resident status. The government has, however, exercised its discretion under...

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