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McNARY v. HAITIAN REFUGEE CENTER, INC.

No. 89-1332.

498 U.S. 479 (1991)

McNARY, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, ET AL. v. HAITIAN REFUGEE CENTER, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided February 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Dreeben argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Starr, Assistant Attorney General Gerson, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, and David V. Bernal.

Ira J. Kurzban argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Bruce J. Winick, Irwin P. Stotzky, and Edward Copeland.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.†

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Reform Act)1 constituted a major statutory response to the vast tide of illegal immigration that had produced a "shadow population" of literally millions of undocumented aliens in the United States. On the one hand, Congress sought to stem the tide by making the plight of the undocumented alien even more...

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