The Nation - News from July 30, 1985
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The parents of 17-year-old Walter Polovchak are free to take their son back to the Soviet Union, a federal judge ruled in Chicago. The preliminary injunction prevents the Immigration and Naturalization Service from enforcing the agency’s January, 1982, order that bars anyone from taking Walter out of the country against his wishes. Shortly after the ruling, the Justice Department filed an emergency motion with the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to prevent the Polovchaks from taking Walter back to the Soviet Union.
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