Legal Opinion
Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 2012No. 10-1542PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kagan
An immigration statute, 8 U. S. C. § 1229b(a), authorizes the Attorney General to cancel the removal of an alien from the United States so long as the alien satisfies certain criteria. One of those criteria relates to the length of time an alien has lawfully resided in the United States, and another to the length of time he has held permanent resident status here. We consider whether the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) could reasonably conclude that an alien living in this country as a child must meet those requirements on his own, without counting a parent’s years of residence or…
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