issued visas that were revoked by consular officials in Ecuador pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1201(i), and/or Presidential Proclamation 7750. Congress has vested the Secretary of State and consular officers with the ability to revoke visas at their discretion. 8 U.S.C. § 1201(i) (2006). Section 1201® further provides that “[t]here shall be no means of judicial review ... of a revocation under this subsection.” Id. The Eleventh Circuit and other courts have upheld the non-reviewability of consular decisions regarding visas. See De Castro v. Fairman, 164 Fed.Appx. 930, 932 (11th Cir.2006); Saavedra Bruno v. Albright, 197 F.3d 1153, 1159 (D.C.Cir.1999); see also United States ex rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy, 338 U.S. 537, 543, 70 S.Ct. 309, 94 L.Ed. 317 (1950) (<HOLDING>). The only exception to § 1201® applies in the
holding that it is not within the province of any court unless expressly authorized by law to review the determination of the political branch of the government to exclude a given alien holding that when the government acts to enforce public rights the mere fact that the government has no pecuniary interest in the controversy is not sufficient to exclude it from the courts holding that the determination of the boundaries of a political subdivision of the state is a political question solely within the power prerogative and discretion of the legislature and not subject to judicial review holding that the alien was entitled to performance by the government of its promise that the government would not oppose any of his motions for relief from deportation holding that the determination that an alien is an undesirable person is not a conviction of crime nor is the deportation a punishment it is simply a refusal by the government to harbor persons whom it does not want