Fong Yue Ting (dates unknown)
b. China
Fong Yue Ting v. United States (1893)
Do You Know? Fong Yue Ting did not hold a certificate of residence when the 1892 Geary Act required all Chinese in the United States to have one.
What: Fong challenged immigration laws through an appeal by disagreeing with the decision to deport him with no due process of law.
Decision: The Supreme Court ruled against Fong, declaring that the United States had the power to deport noncitizens.
Today: The Fifth Amendment gives every person facing deportation the right to challenge any deportation order in a hearing.
(Drawing by Perla Solano Aceves, SFSU 2020)