Responding to the Executives repeated exclusion from this country of aliens belonging to proscribed organizations. Congress passed the McGovern Amendment. which generally bars exclusion of an alien based on political views or organizational affiliation. Abourezk concerned the denial of visas to four aliens. including the Nicaraguan Minister of the Interior and a former NATO general who had become an advocate of nuclear disarmament. The majority held that the visa denials appeared to circumvent the McGovern Amendment. Judge Bork dissented. stating that the majority opinion demonstrated "a lack of deference to the determinations of the Department of State .... 149 Judge Borks deference to the Executive. at the expense of Congress. is evident as well in his refusal to find federal jurisdiction over claims based on violations of international human rights. despite a statutory enactment providing for such jurisdiction. Plaintiffs in TelOren v.
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