Legal Opinion
Laila Aly Khalil v. District Director of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1972No. 71-1899PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELY, Circuit Judge:
The issue here is whether the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) erred in denying Khalil’s application to withhold her deportation to the United Arab Republic (U.A.R.).
Khalil has conceded that, as a nonim-migrant visitor who has remained in this country longer than was authorized, she is deportable under 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a) (2). She argues only that her deportation should, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h), 1 be withheld because her political beliefs will cause her to be persecuted in the U.A.R.
The burden of proving that deportation will lead to political persecution…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Behzad Kasravi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Siu Fung Luk v. George K. Rosenberg, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Louis Gena v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Chi Sheng Liu v. Ralph H. Holton, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Honolulu, State of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Hossein Hosseinmardi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Espectacion Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Jose M. Sarvia-Quintanilla v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Luis Vides-Vides v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- SIBRUNBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1983
- Rene Adan Contreras-Aragon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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