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In re Mendoza-Sandino

39 Cited authorities

  1. Lindh v. Murphy

    521 U.S. 320 (1997)   Cited 11,254 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the statutory language must be "so clear that it [can] sustain only one interpretation" favoring retroactivity

  2. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,901 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"

  3. United States v. Gaubert

    499 U.S. 315 (1991)   Cited 2,477 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the discretionary function exception only protects actions “grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime”

  4. Lassiter v. Department of Social Services

    452 U.S. 18 (1981)   Cited 3,746 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that whether the Due Process Clause requires the appointment of counsel is considered on a case-by-case basis

  5. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,415 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  6. Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Com

    525 U.S. 471 (1999)   Cited 1,098 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "an alien unlawfully in this country has no constitutional right to assert selective enforcement as a defense against his deportation"

  7. Reno v. Catholic Social Services, Inc.

    509 U.S. 43 (1993)   Cited 688 times
    Holding that claims of immigrants who never applied for amnesty, challenging alleged mistakes made in administration of amnesty provision, were not ripe

  8. Lorillard v. Pons

    434 U.S. 575 (1978)   Cited 1,133 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the presumption of legislative ratification attaches where there is “an administrative or judicial interpretation of a statute,” and Congress “re-enacts statute without change”

  9. Hughes Aircraft v. U.S. ex Rel. Schumer

    520 U.S. 939 (1997)   Cited 545 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the presumption against retroactivity must apply “unless Congress has clearly manifested its intent to the contrary”

  10. Kungys v. United States

    485 U.S. 759 (1988)   Cited 711 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government must meet its burden with "clear, unequivocal, and convincing" evidence

  11. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 10,025 times   80 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  12. Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

    8 U.S.C. § 1229b   Cited 5,255 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”

  13. Section 1255 - Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence

    8 U.S.C. § 1255   Cited 2,931 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Listing classes of nonimmigrants, such as students and tourists

  14. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,160 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

  15. Section 1254 - Repealed

    8 U.S.C. § 1254   Cited 1,133 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing for suspension of deportation where, among other requirements, "in the opinion of the Attorney General," deportation would "result in extreme hardship to the alien or to his spouse, parent, or child" lawfully residing in the United States

  16. Section 1255a - Adjustment of status of certain entrants before January 1, 1982, to that of person admitted for lawful residence

    8 U.S.C. § 1255a   Cited 317 times
    Establishing QDE's

  17. Section 1.1 - Applicability

    8 C.F.R. § 1.1   Cited 158 times
    Providing that LPR status terminates upon the entry of a final order of removal

  18. Section 212.3 - Application for the exercise of discretion under section 212(c)

    8 C.F.R. § 212.3   Cited 43 times
    Codifying the interpretation upheld in Castillo-Felix

  19. Section 239.2 - Cancellation of notice to appear

    8 C.F.R. § 239.2   Cited 34 times
    Allowing an officer to dismiss a case after proceedings have begun on the same grounds