Legal Opinion
Abdoulaye Diakite, Also Known as Mike Forbes v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 1999No. 98-3907PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Abdoulaye Diakite, a citizen of Liberia who failed to leave the United States when his visa expired, has been ordered deported for that reason plus his convictions for theft, forgery, and robbery. The Board of Immigration Appeals concluded that these are “serious” crimes that disentitle Diakite to consideration of his application for withholding of deportation. Now the INS asks us to dismiss his petition for review, on the ground that the crimes activate § 106(a)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(10):
Any final order of deportation against an alien who is…
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