The Nation - News from Sept. 12, 1985
A federal appeals court in Chicago gave a victory to 17-year-old Walter Polovchak, rejecting a lower court’s ruling that the government improperly prohibited his parents from returning him to the Soviet Union. A three-judge appeals panel ruled that U.S. District Judge Thomas McMillen did not fully consider Polovchak’s rights when he barred federal immigration officials from enforcing a 1982 order that prevented the youth from leaving this country against his will.
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