Legal Opinion
SOLEIMANI
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1989No. ID 3118PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3118 MATTER OF SOLEIMANI In Deportation Proceedings A-26157647 Decided by Board July 13, 1989 (1) A finding that an alien was firmly resettled in another country does not render him ineligible for a grant of asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. § 1158
(1982), by an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals. Rosenberg v. Yee Chien Woo,
402 U.S. 49
(1971), distinguished. Matter of Portates,
18 I&N Dec. 239
(BIA 1982); and Matter of Lain,
18 I&N Dec. 15
(BIA 1981), modified. (2) The Board and immigration judges are not bound by the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Russello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by20 opinions
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