In re Mensah

16 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Bessemer City

    470 U.S. 564 (1985)   Cited 10,752 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a factfinder's choice between two permissible views of the evidence cannot be clearly erroneous
  2. Kungys v. United States

    485 U.S. 759 (1988)   Cited 696 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government must meet its burden with "clear, unequivocal, and convincing" evidence
  3. Cooper v. Harris

    137 S. Ct. 1455 (2017)   Cited 201 times
    Holding that to establish a racial gerrymandering claim under the Equal Protection Clause, a plaintiff must show "that race was the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision to place a significant number of voters within or without a particular district"
  4. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,773 times   67 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"
  5. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 7,929 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General
  6. Section 1229a - Removal proceedings

    8 U.S.C. § 1229a   Cited 6,323 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Granting a noncitizen the right to file one motion to reopen and providing that “the motion to reopen shall be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal”
  7. Section 1255 - Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence

    8 U.S.C. § 1255   Cited 2,850 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Listing classes of nonimmigrants, such as students and tourists
  8. Section 1154 - Procedure for granting immigrant status

    8 U.S.C. § 1154   Cited 1,113 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting immigrant status
  9. Section 1151 - Worldwide level of immigration

    8 U.S.C. § 1151   Cited 840 times
    Listing "immediate relatives" among the categories of immigrants not subject to numerical limitations on the number of visas issued annually
  10. Section 1186a - Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses and sons and daughters

    8 U.S.C. § 1186a   Cited 369 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing for hardship waivers for "for an alien who fails to meet the requirements of paragraph"
  11. Section 1324d - Civil penalties for failure to depart

    8 U.S.C. § 1324d   Cited 16 times
    Providing civil penalties for similar conduct
  12. Section 1240.8 - Burdens of proof in removal proceedings

    8 C.F.R. § 1240.8   Cited 307 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Applying "clearly and beyond doubt" burden to "proceedings commenced upon a respondent's arrival" or "[a]liens present in the United States without being admitted"
  13. Section 1245.2 - Application

    8 C.F.R. § 1245.2   Cited 196 times
    Granting "exclusive jurisdiction" over the issue to the IJ once removal proceedings are initiated
  14. Section 216.5 - Waiver of requirement to file joint petition to remove conditions by alien spouse

    8 C.F.R. § 216.5   Cited 61 times
    Listing types of evidence relevant to good faith marriage waiver
  15. Section 216.4 - Joint petition to remove conditional basis of lawful permanent resident status for alien spouse

    8 C.F.R. § 216.4   Cited 59 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing that if the Attorney General denies a conditional LPR's petition to remove conditions, the "alien's lawful permanent resident status shall be terminated "
  16. Section 280.53 - Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustment

    8 C.F.R. § 280.53   1 Legal Analyses

    (a)Statutory authority. In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-410 , 104 Stat. 890, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74 , Sec. 701 , 129 Stat . 599, the civil monetary penalties listed in paragraph (b) of this section are adjusted as provided in paragraph (b). (b)Adjustment of penalties. For violations occurring on or before November 2, 2015, the