Interim Decision Number 3303 In re S-M-J-, Applicant Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided January 31, 1997 (1) General background information about a country, where available, must be included in the record as a foundation for an applicant’s claim of asylum and withholding of deportation. (2) Where […]
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IN RE KANWALJIT SINGH, 21 IN Dec. 998 (BIA 1997)
Interim Decision Number 3324 In re Kanwaljit SINGH, Respondent File A70 942 039 Los AngelesBoard of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided as amended August 11, 1997[1] [1] On our own motion, we amend the June 26, 1997, order in this case. The amended order makes editorial changes consistent […]
IN THE MATTER OF YEUNG, 13 IN Dec. 528 (BIA 1970)
Interim Decision Number 2036 MATTER OF YEUNG. In Deportation Proceedings. A-15750231Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board March 24, 1970 (1) A special inquiry officer has authority under current regulations to reopen deportation proceedings for the limited purpose of considering a new grant of voluntary departure […]
IN RE OPARAH, 23 IN Dec. 1 (BIA 2000)
Interim Decision Number 3441 In re Vienna I. OPARAH, Respondent. File A71 798 305. BaltimoreBoard of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided December 15, 2000 A motion to remand submitted during the pendency of an appeal from an Immigration Judge’s denial of an untimely motion to reopen and filed […]
IN THE MATTER OF RODRIGUEZ-COTO, 19 IN Dec. 208 (BIA 1985)
Interim Decision Number 2985 MATTER OF RODRIGUEZ-COTO. In Exclusion Proceedings. A-23221132.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board February 21, 1985. (1) The phrases “particularly serious crime” and “serious non-political crime” in sections 243(h)(2)(B) and (C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1253(h)(2)(B) and […]
IN THE MATTER OF MEDINA, 19 IN Dec. 734 (BIA 1988)
Interim Decision Number 3078 MATTER OF MEDINA. In Deportation Proceedings. A-26949415.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board October 7, 1988. (1) Neither the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War nor customary international law creates a potential remedy from deportation […]
IN THE MATTER OF K—-, 4 IN Dec. 154 (BIA 1950)
IN THE MATTER OF K—-. In EXCLUSION Proceedings. A-7136829Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Central Office October 25, 1950 Citizenship — Expatriation — Section 2 and section 3 of the act of March 2, 1907. A native-born woman citizen of the United States who went to […]
IN THE MATTER OF TORRES-TEJEDA, 10 IN Dec. 435 (BIA 1964)
Interim Decision Number 1316 MATTER OF TORRES-TEJEDA. In DEPORTATION Proceedings. A-12336079Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board January 3, 1964 Respondent, a native and national of the Dominican Republic, has not established that because he was a former chief of a military intelligence unit (Servicio de […]
IN THE MATTER OF BOGART, 15 IN Dec. 552 (BIA 1976)
Interim Decision Number 2465 MATTER OF BOGART. In Disbarment Proceedings. A-17179568Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board June 12, 1975 and January 21, 1976 Decided by Attorney General January 15, 1976 (1) The standard for suspension from practice before the Board and the Service is the […]
IN RE X—- K—-, 23 IN Dec. 731 (BIA 2005)
Interim Decision Number 3510 In re X—- K—-, Respondent Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided May 4, 2005. An alien who is initially screened for expedited removal under section 235(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(1)(A) (2000), as a member of the class […]