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In the Matter of A---- G

19 I&N Dec. 502 (B.I.A. 1987)
In the Matter of A---- G

27 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,416 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  2. INS v. Stevic

    467 U.S. 407 (1984)   Cited 926 times
    Holding that to qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate a "clear probability" of persecution if removed

  3. INS v. Bagamasbad

    429 U.S. 24 (1976)   Cited 875 times
    Holding no requirement "to arrive at purely advisory findings and conclusions as to statutory eligibility" for immigration relief when application fails for other reasons

  4. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang

    450 U.S. 139 (1981)   Cited 302 times
    Holding that where allegations are "unsupported by affidavit" they cannot support a motion to reopen because this would constitute a circumvention of the affidavit requirement in the regulations

  5. INS v. Phinpathya

    464 U.S. 183 (1984)   Cited 251 times
    Holding that thirty-two-year-old statute must still be given its plain meaning

  6. INS v. Rios-Pineda

    471 U.S. 444 (1985)   Cited 190 times
    Holding that the BIA may discount evidence of seven years' presence in its assessment of eligibility for suspension when presence was maintained through meritless appeals

  7. Keefe v. Massachusetts

    465 U.S. 1068 (1984)   Cited 97 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Declining to find fundamental right to child-parent privilege where "[n]either Congress nor the Legislature of any State has seen fit to adopt a rule granting [such] a privilege . . ."

  8. Balani v. Immigration Naturalization Serv

    669 F.2d 1157 (6th Cir. 1982)   Cited 137 times
    Holding that the BIA abuses its discretion if it denies a motion to reopen without providing a rational explanation

  9. Haitian Refugee Center v. S. Gracey

    809 F.2d 794 (D.C. Cir. 1987)   Cited 109 times
    Holding that a nonprofit satisfied Article III standing, including its injury component, where the nonprofit alleged that the government's interdiction program thwarted its organizational purpose

  10. Mendez-Efrain v. I.N.S.

    813 F.2d 279 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 47 times
    Holding that a four-day detention did not amount to persecution

  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,926 times   92 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

  12. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,831 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  13. Section 1251 - Transferred

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

  14. Section 1253 - Penalties related to removal

    8 U.S.C. § 1253   Cited 1,136 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Establishing an exception to withholding for a dangerous alien who has been convicted of a "particularly serious crime," defined to include an "aggravated felony"

  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