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"
449 U.S. 490 (1981) Cited 464 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the Government carries a heavy burden of proof in a proceeding to divest a naturalized citizen of his citizenship" because "loss [of citizenship] can have severe and unsettling consequences"
519 U.S. 26 (1996) Cited 224 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that once an agency announces and follows a general policy, "an irrational departure from that policy (as opposed to an avowed alteration of it) could constitute action that must be overturned as 'arbitrary, capricious, [or] an abuse of discretion' within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act"
420 U.S. 619 (1975) Cited 44 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that alien who falsely represented himself to be a citizen is deportable as one who has entered without inspection because he "significantly frustrated the process for inspecting incoming aliens"
Holding that Forbes's failure to disclose his prior arrest on his visa application was not material, because the charges were eventually dropped and would not have impacted the visa determination
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,719 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
Empowering the government to "institute proceedings in any district court of the United States in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen may reside ... for the purpose of revoking and setting aside the order admitting such person to citizenship"