Legal Opinion

Oswaldo Jaramillo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Executive Office for Immigration Review

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided September 14, 1993No. 92-4332PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c), which authorizes the Attorney General to grant an otherwise deportable alien discretionary relief from deportation, but only if the alien’s period of lawful unre-linquished domicile in this country is seven years or more. The Attorney General has delegated that authority to Immigration Judges, whose decisions are reviewed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the Board”). See 8 C.F.R. §§ 212.3(e), 3.1(b)(2). The Board in this case held that Oswaldo Jaramil-lo was ineligible…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. United States v. ShimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha WangSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Ernest Francis v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by72 opinions

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  3. Janet G. Patton v. Triad Guaranty Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
  4. Angel Cintron Rodriguez v. J.D. LamerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
  5. Cabral v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994

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