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1. U.S. law states that the
consular officer has a duty
to issue a visa to the wife
of an American citizen.
2.Congress did not intend the
Immigration Act to exclude from
American soil the wife of any
American citizen; Congress must
have made a mistake in drafting
the statute.
3. These Chinese wives have
a right of entry into the country
because they are married to
American citizens and their
domiciles are those of their
husbands.
4. If these women are not
admitted into the United States,
their husbands will be permanently
separated from them unless they
abandon the country of their
birth and citizenship.
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1. Nagle conceded that consular
officers must issue visas to
such wives but that does not
signify that they must be admitted;
the Immigration Act of 1924
declares that an immigration
visa shall not entitle an immigrant
to enter if upon arrival he
is found inadmissible under
the immigration laws.
2. A statute must be read for
its plain reading and cannot
be construed differently.
3. The Immigration Act debars
Chinese woman who married American
citizens before the act's passage
from coming here to join their
husbands, because a provision
of the act forbids admission
of aliens ineligible for citizenship.
4. The hardships of this case
cannot justify departing from
the plain terms of the Immigration
Act.
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