Interim Decision Number 1947 MATTER OF LIM. In Deportation Proceedings. A-11422036Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board March 13, 1969 Respondent, who innocently entered as a nonquota immigrant without knowledge that her petitioning husband’s representation to be a U.S. citizen was fraudulent, comes within the purview […]
Category: U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals Opinions
IN THE MATTER OF S.S. “HORNSHELL” ET AL., 1 IN Dec. 470 (BIA 1943)
IN THE MATTER OF THE S.S. “HORNSHELL” ET AL. In FINE Proceedings. 56096/807Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by the Board June 18, 1943. Approved by the Attorney General. Fines — Section 20, Immigration Act of 1924 — Failure to comply with order to detain on board. […]
MATTER OF HENRIQUEZ RIVERA, 25 IN Dec. 575 (BIA 8-8-2011)
Interim Decision Number 3724 Matter of Pablo De Jesus HENRIQUEZ RIVERA, Respondent. Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided August 8, 2011. When an application for Temporary Protected Status that has been denied by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is renewed in removal proceedings, the […]
IN THE MATTER OF R—-, 6 IN Dec. 444 (BIA 1954)
IN THE MATTER OF R—-. In DEPORTATION Proceedings. E-081204.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board December 14, 1954. Pardon — Crimes involving moral turpitude — Conviction under Mann Act. (1) A legislative pardon is not effective to avert deportation on a charge under section 241 (a) […]
IN THE MATTER OF IBRAHIM, 18 IN Dec. 55 (BIA 1981)
Interim Decision Number 2866 MATTER OF IBRAHIM. In Deportation Proceedings. A-21212087Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board May 18, 1981 (1) Entry into the United States as a nonimmigrant with a preconceived intention to remain is a serious adverse factor to be considered by immigration judges […]
IN THE MATTER OF PICHARDO, 15 IN Dec. 606 (BIA 1976)
Interim Decision Number 2479 MATTER OF PICHARDO AND BRUGMAN. In Visa Petition Proceedings. A-20581862 A-20581864Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board March 5, 1976 Since the law of the Dominican Republic on mutual consent divorce obtained by foreigners does not state that both parties to such […]
IN THE MATTER OF TOMAS, 19 IN Dec. 464 (BIA 1987)
Interim Decision Number 3032 MATTER OF TOMAS. In Deportation Proceedings. A-24344066, A-24345525, A-24345526, A-24345527, A-24345528 and A-24345529.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board August 6, 1987. (1) The respondents, who have the burden of showing a well-founded fear of persecution to qualify for asylum or withholding […]
IN THE MATTER OF FLORES, 15 IN Dec. 686 (BIA 1976)
Interim Decision Number 2497 MATTER OF FLORES. In Deportation Proceedings. A-11672280Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board April 29, 1976 Amended June 24, 1976 (1) Respondent was found guilty at trial of two counts of aiding and abetting certain aliens to enter the United States by […]
IN RE S-O-S-, 22 IN Dec. 107 (BIA 1998)
Interim Decision Number 3355 In re S-O-S-, Respondent Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided July 9, 1998 In cases falling within the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, exclusion proceedings are appropriate for aliens returning to the United States under a […]
IN THE MATTER OF ESQUEDA, 20 IN Dec. 850 (BIA 1994)
Interim Decision Number 3226 MATTER OF ESQUEDA. In Deportation Proceedings. A-28964484.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board August 15, 1994. (1) Section 241(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(11) (1988), which provides for the deportability of any alien “convicted of a violation […]