22 U.S.C. § 2691
Repealed. Pub. L. 101–649, title VI, § 603(a)(18), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5084
[repealed]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1984–2008 · leading case: Abourezk v. Reagan
Abourezk v. Reagan (1986)
“The McGovern Amendment, 22 U.S.C. § 2691 (1982), addresses the Secretary’s implementation of this waiver provision.”
Hortensia De Allende v. James Baker, Secretary of State (1989)
“§ 1182 (d)(3)(A) authorizes a waiver of the provisions of subsection 28, although not of subsection 27, under conditions enumerated in the McGovern Amendment, 22 U.S.C. § 2691 . The amendment provides standards for the Secretary of State’s determi *10 nation of whether to…”
Hortensia De Allende v. George P. Shultz, Secretary of State (1988)
“2 The waiver of subsection 28 ineligibility is controlled by the McGovern Amendment, 22 U.S.C. § 2691 . 3 Under the Amendment, the Secretary of State should recommend a waiver of ineligibility for any alien denied a visa due to subsection 28 organizational affiliation unless the…”
Adams v. Baker (1990)
“§ 1182 (d)(3)(A), the provisions of Subsection 28 may be waived if the conditions enumerated by the McGovern Amendment (“Amendment”), 22 U.S.C. § 2691 , are satisfied. 8 U.S.C.”
Rafeedie v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1988)
“” 22 U.S.C. § 2691 (c). Before examining these two exceptions, it should be determined first whether Rafeedie falls within the broad protective provisions of Section 901, i.”
Abourezk v. Reagan (1984)
“848 (1977), 22 U.S.C. § 2691 . 16 . Under the amendment, the Attorney General may deny waivers only with respect to aliens who pose a threat to United States “security interests.”
Allende v. Shultz (1985)
“The McGovern Amendment, 22 U.S.C. § 2691 , provides that the Secretary of State should not withhold such a recommendation of waiver for foreign policy reasons, but only for reasons relating to national security.”
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASS'N v. Chertoff (2008)
“Finally, the defendants are correct that the Adams court considered two since-repealed congressional enactments — the so-called “McGovern Amendment,” 22 U.S.C. § 2691 , and Section 901 of Public Law 100-204, 101 Stat.”
De Allende v. Shultz (1989)
“, recommend that the Attorney General grant the approval necessary for the issuance of the visa to such alien, unless the Secretary determines that the admission of such alien would be contrary to the security interests of the United States____ 22 U.S.C. § 2691 (a). The McGovern…”
Harvard Law School Forum v. Shultz (1986)
“22 U.S.C. § 2691 (c). However, the Attorney General may, “in his discretion”, grant a waiver allowing an excludable alien into the country temporarily.”
Constitutionality of Closing the Palestine Information Office, an Affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1987)
“See 22 U.S.C. § 2691 (c). In addition, the PLO claims that it is entitled to even greater privileges and immunities than are accorded under the Headquarters Agreement, although the United States has consistently resisted these claims.”
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