In 1882 years to 1905 years between, about 10,000 ethnic Chinese in entry refused. They usually apply to the court for habeas corpus, the majority have been granted to allow entry of only a handful of cases will encounter relatively negligent or biased judge, citing the Chinese Exclusion Act, Lin Mengxin v. United States, United States v. Chu Taiwan ( transliteration ) case, refused them entry.

Lin Mengxin is Chinese born legal residents living in San Francisco, but he has not been naturalized as a U.S. citizen, he is a businessman. 1894 was a month he went back to China in the same year 11 months back to the United States refused entry.
 
Supreme Court judgment: 1894 Chinese Exclusion Act expressly years if the treaty immigration of foreigners, immigration officials have been denied entry, the immigration officer's decision is final unless an appeal overturned after Finance Minister. Justice Harlan ( Justice John Marshall Harlan) explained : Congress may legislate to refuse any person entry, or the development permit their entry conditions, and executed by the executive officers, without judicial intervention. Therefore refused entry after Lin Mengxin sole remedy is to appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury, not to the court proceedings.

The case established the federal court may not be refused entry at the Chinese, were imprisoned after the application for habeas corpus review of their cases when the principle.