Charles Gordon ( – ) was an immigration lawyer in

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He worked for the

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for 35 years, including eight years as its general counsel. Starting in 1959, he began to publish ''Immigration Law and Procedure,'' a major reference publication that is still published and updated. In general, he was known as an immigration liberal, who wanted to accept more immigrants into the United States. Gordon, the son of immigrants, went to college at the

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and law school at New York University Law School. After a few years in private practice, he joined the I.N.S. in 1935, where he stayed until 1974. When he left the government, he worked in private practive with

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and later Ann Bryant. He argued a total of eight cases before the

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. He retired in 1993. Gordon's wife was named Anne, and they had two children.

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Immigration lawyers Lawyers from Washington, D.C. City College of New York alumni New York University School of Law alumni 1905 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American lawyers {{law-bio-stub