as 85,000 unregistered Chinese was estimated at more than $7 million, but Congress had authorized only $60,000 and failed to provide a mechanism for deportation within the Geary Act. When Ny Look, a Chinese Civil War veteran was arrested in New York for failure to register, Judge Emile Henry Lacombe of the U.S. Circuit Court in the Southern District of New York, ruled in In re Ny Look that there were no deportation provisions in the law and Look could not be detained indefinitely therefore he should be released. McCreary Amendment These problems led to the passage of an amendment, known as the McCreary Amendment, which provided an additional six months for Chinese to register, as well as additional restrictions such as photographs on the registration certificates. The McCreary Amendment is notable for containing the first statutory requirement of photographic identification on immigration documentation, laying the foundation for photographic identification statutory requirements in immigration policy ever since. See also Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 – Canada The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 – Canada Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Burlingame Treaty Magnuson Act Scott Act (1888) Fong Yue Ting v. United States Wong Wing v. United States References Further reading Gabriel J. Chin, Chae Chan Ping and Fong Yue Ting: The Origins of Plenary Power, in Immigration Law Stories (David Martin and Peter Schuck, eds., Foundation Press 2005) The Story of California From the Earliest Days to the Present. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.. pp. 283–296 Sandmeyer, Elmer Clarence. The Anti-Chinese Movement in California, pg 104 Alien Registration Act of 1940 Pfaelzer, Jean. Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans, ch. 8 1892 in law Anti-Chinese legislation Chinese-American history United States federal immigration and nationality legislation Human migration 1892 in American law Immigration documents