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In the Matter of Chavez-Calderon

20 I&N Dec. 744 (B.I.A. 1993)
In the Matter of Chavez-Calderon

13 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Phinpathya

    464 U.S. 183 (1984)   Cited 248 times
    Holding that thirty-two-year-old statute must still be given its plain meaning

  2. Rosenberg v. Fleuti

    374 U.S. 449 (1963)   Cited 241 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that lawful permanent residents who travel abroad should be admitted, even if otherwise inadmissible, if their travel was "brief, casual, or innocent"

  3. Kasbati v. District Director of I.N.S.

    805 F. Supp. 619 (N.D. Ill. 1992)   Cited 4 times

    No. 92 C 5522. October 23, 1992. Keil Marquis Larson, Stern Larson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff. James G. Hoofnagle, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., United States Attorney's Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ASPEN, District Judge: Plaintiff Abdul Kasbati ("Kasbati") has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, his petition is denied. He has also moved for release from custody pending the outcome of that petition. Since the parties

  4. Campos v. Smith

    791 F. Supp. 262 (W.D. Wash. 1991)   Cited 3 times

    No. C91-283R. March 26, 1991. Robert Pauw, Northwest Immigrant Legal Services, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff. Chris Pickrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for defendant. ORDER CLARIFYING IMMIGRATION STATUS ROTHSTEIN, Chief Judge. THIS MATTER comes before the court on plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and writ of habeas corpus. Having reviewed the matter, together with all documents in support and in opposition, and being fully advised, the court finds and rules as follows: I. FACTUAL

  5. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,686 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

  6. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,900 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  7. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,159 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

  8. Section 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

    8 U.S.C. § 1153   Cited 1,220 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Determining an applicant's age as " the age of the alien on the date on which an immigrant visa number becomes available for such alien . . . but only if the alien has sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within one year of such availability; reduced by (B) the number of days in the period during which the applicable petition . . . was pending"

  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 210.4 - Status and benefits

    8 C.F.R. § 210.4   Cited 15 times
    Echoing this language

  13. Section 210.3 - Eligibility

    8 C.F.R. § 210.3   Cited 12 times

    (a)General. An alien who, during the twelve-month period ending on May 1, 1986, has engaged in qualifying agricultural employment in the United States for at least 90 man-days is eligible for status as an alien lawfully admitted for temporary residence if otherwise admissible under the provisions of section 210(c) of the Act and if he or she is not ineligible under the provisions of paragraph (d) of this section. (b)Proof of eligibility - (1)Burden of proof. An alien applying for adjustment of status