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In re Villalobos

Interim Decision #3858 (B.I.A. 2016)
In re Villalobos

13 Cited authorities

  1. Savoury v. U.S. Attorney General

    449 F.3d 1307 (11th Cir. 2006)   Cited 80 times
    Holding that an alien was not lawfully admitted when the INS had granted him LPR status without knowing that he had been convicted of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute

  2. Monet v. I.N.S.

    791 F.2d 752 (9th Cir. 1986)   Cited 84 times
    Holding that an alien who procured permanent resident status by concealing his ineligibility had not been "lawfully admitted for permanent residence"

  3. De La Rosa v. United States Department of Homeland Security

    489 F.3d 551 (2d Cir. 2007)   Cited 42 times
    Holding "that an alien is only `lawfully admitted for permanent residence' for purposes of the INA if his or her adjustment to lawful permanent resident complied with substantive legal requirements" and that "[b]ecause [the alien] failed to show that she had complied with the relevant substantive legal requirements the IJ correctly determined that she had not been `lawfully admitted for permanent residence' and was not entitled to § 212(c) relief

  4. Arellano-Garcia v. Gonzales

    429 F.3d 1183 (8th Cir. 2005)   Cited 37 times
    Holding that an alien was not lawfully admitted when he was mistakenly granted LPR status after he had been deported due to an aggravated-felony conviction, then illegally reentered the country using a temporary permanent-resident card that immigration officials had forgotten to take from him upon his deportation

  5. Perez-Enriquez v. Gonzales

    463 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2006)   Cited 18 times
    Holding that the petitioner was lawfully admitted as a permanent resident because the government failed affirmatively to terminate his status under 8 U.S.C. § 1160

  6. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,904 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  7. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,031 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  8. Section 1229a - Removal proceedings

    8 U.S.C. § 1229a   Cited 6,398 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”

  9. 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

  10. Section 1160 - Special agricultural workers

    8 U.S.C. § 1160   Cited 244 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Setting procedures for adjustment of status of certain noncitizens

  11. Section 245a.2 - Application for temporary residence

    8 C.F.R. § 245a.2   Cited 91 times
    Detailing the process to apply for temporary-resident status

  12. Section 245a.3 - Application for adjustment from temporary to permanent resident status

    8 C.F.R. § 245a.3   Cited 16 times
    Authorizing the sharing of information with prosecutors

  13. Section 245a.34 - Protection from removal, eligibility for employment, and period of authorized stay

    8 C.F.R. § 245a.34   Cited 2 times

    (a)Scope of protection. Nothing in this Subpart C shall be construed to limit the authority of the Service to commence removal proceedings against an applicant for or beneficiary of Family Unity benefit under this Subpart C on any ground of removal. Also, nothing in this Subpart C shall be construed to limit the authority of the Service to take any other enforcement action against such an applicant or beneficiary with respect to any ground of removal not specified in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4)