Legal Opinion
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 13, 1985No. 83-2032PublishedCited by 312 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Section 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), 66 Stat. 214, as amended, 8 U. S. C. § 1254(a)(1), allows the Attorney General to suspend the deportation of an alien. To warrant such action, the alien must have been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of at least seven years, be of good moral character, and demonstrate that deportation would result in extreme hardship to the alien, or the alien’s “spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully-admitted for permanent residence.” Ibid. Even if these prerequisites…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Jay v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by312 opinions
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