United States (185 U. S. 296 (1902)). The power and authority of the United States. as an attribute of sovereignty. either to prohibit or regulate immigration of aliens. are plenary and Congress may choose such agencies as it pleases to carry out whatever policy or rule of exclusion it may adopt. and. so long as such agencies do not transcend limits of authority or abuse discretion reposed in them. their judgment is not open to challenge or review by courtsKaorn Yamataya v. Fisher (189 I. S. 86 (1903)). It has been settled by repeated decision that Congress has power to exclude any and all aliens from the United States. to prescribe the terms and conditions on which they may come in or on which they remain after having been admitted. to establish the regulations for deporting such aliens as have entered in violation of law or who are here in violation of law. and to commit the enforcing of such laws and regulations to executive officers--In re Kosopud et al. (272 F. 330 (1920)). It has been repeatedly held that the right to exclude or to expel all aliens or any class of aliens. absolutely or upon certain conditions. in war or in peace. is an inherent and inalienable right of every sovereign and independent nation. essential to its safety. its independence. and its welfare. that this power to exclude and to expel aliens. being a power affecting international relations. is vested in the political departments of the Government. and is to be regulated by treaty or by act of Congress and to be executed by the executive authority according to the regulations so established. except so far as the judicial department has been authorized by treaty or by statute. or is required by the paramount law of the Constitution to interveneColyer v. Skeffington (265 F. 17 (1920)).
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