Opinion ID: 772839
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Discrimination Based on Nationality

Text: 37 Challenging the NACARA's selective application of the stop-time rule based on an alien's national origin, Sad also asserts that such constitutionally suspect discrimination cannot withstand strict scrutiny. This contention misstates the proper standard of review. We review such classifications in immigration acts under a standard even more deferential than rational-basis review. Fiallo, 430 U.S. at 795 n.6 (noting Congress's plenary power over entry of aliens and recognizing the availability of only limited judicial review over such decisions); Mathews, 426 U.S. at 79-82. Because Congress may favor some nationalities over others when enacting immigration laws, Sad's challenge to the NACARA's exemption of some aliens but not others from retroactive application of the stop-time rule fails.