Church, Marilyn, artist. still image Courtroom sketches Color 1980. gmgpc Drawings Color 1980. gmgpc [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1980 January 10] eng Drawing shows a group of Iranians with a lawyer appearing before Judge William H. Strasser at the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, New Jersey. Caption label from exhibit Drawing Justice: Iranian Immigrants Check Visa Status. Gathered around a table before Judge William Strasser of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Iranian students and non-student visitors check on their visa status, fearing deportation. When Iranian students took over the United States embassy in Iran, President Jimmy Carter retaliated by issuing Executive Order 12172 on November 26, 1979 (shown here), limiting the entry of Iranians holding non-immigrant visas into the United States. All Iranian students were ordered to appear before the INS by December 31, 1979. Iranian students protested that they were being singled out because of the Iranian Revolution. Non-student visitors who had received an extension on their visas after the Shah fled Iran suffered the same treatment as the students. After he retired in 2006, Judge William Strasser joined a New York immigration law firm. Title from item. Forms part of: Marilyn Church collection of courtroom art. Exhibited: "Drawing Justice" at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., April - October 2017. United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service--1980. Judicial proceedings--New Jersey--Newark--1980. Judges--New Jersey--Newark--1980. Iranians--New Jersey--Newark--1980. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51144 Publication may be restricted. For information see "Marilyn Church Rights and Restrictions Information,"