Holding that "no deportation order may be entered unless it is found by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that the facts alleged as grounds for deportation are true"
347 U.S. 522 (1954) Cited 389 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that while aliens may receive procedural due process, the court's ability to review the substantive policy of immigration statutes is limited to review for rationality
Holding that time spent in custody during the course of a hearing will be counted for purposes of rendering incarcerated alien ineligible for section 212(c) relief
Holding that, "[a]t least with respect to entry without inspection, a ground of deportation that could not conceivably have such an analogue, there is no basis in statutory text or legislative purpose to preclude [this] modest extension of the Francis rule."
Holding that, after repeal of JRAD statute, sentencing court could not recommend against deportation of alien whose criminal conduct occurred prior to repeal
18 U.S.C. § 922 Cited 62,815 times 187 Legal Analyses
Finding that "even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have considerably moved in interstate commerce"