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IN THE MATTER OF HOU

18 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,391 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  2. Ardestani v. INS

    502 U.S. 129 (1991)   Cited 448 times
    Holding that even though attorney fees are explicitly permitted by the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), deportation proceedings are not ‘adversary adjudication’ under section 554 for which the EAJA waives sovereign immunity from attorney fees

  3. Bell v. United States

    349 U.S. 81 (1955)   Cited 1,022 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding only one Mann Act charge could result from the single transport of two women

  4. Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan

    333 U.S. 6 (1948)   Cited 206 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Rejecting government's definition of provision authorizing deportation for multiple criminal convictions

  5. Francis v. Immigration Naturalization Serv

    532 F.2d 268 (2d Cir. 1976)   Cited 249 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "fundamental fairness" dictates that § 212(c) apply to resident aliens in deportation as well as exclusion proceedings

  6. Holy Trinity Church v. United States

    143 U.S. 457 (1892)   Cited 921 times
    Holding that although the Alien Contract Labor Act made it a crime to contract with or encourage any alien to migrate to the United States "to perform labor or service of any kind," a cleric who emigrated from England to serve as a pastor of a New York church and thus technically fell within the letter of the Act, was exempt from the Act's reach because of the absurd results that would follow from giving such broad meaning to words of the statute

  7. Delgadillo v. Carmichael

    332 U.S. 388 (1947)   Cited 153 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a nonresident does not make an "entry" into the United States when he had no intent to "depart," or left involuntarily

  8. Costello v. Immigration Service

    376 U.S. 120 (1964)   Cited 74 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a person now an alien who was convicted of the two crimes in question while he was a naturalized citizen" is not deportable under the provision

  9. Barber v. Gonzales

    347 U.S. 637 (1954)   Cited 81 times
    Concluding that assault with a deadly weapon is a crime that involves moral turpitude

  10. United States v. One Heckler-Koch Rifle

    629 F.2d 1250 (7th Cir. 1980)   Cited 42 times
    Holding that a representation in a brief, although “neither in a pleading nor an affidavit,” nonetheless “may be treated as a [judicial] admission”

  11. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,713 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  12. Section 1255 - Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence

    8 U.S.C. § 1255   Cited 2,833 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Listing classes of nonimmigrants, such as students and tourists

  13. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,154 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable