Emil Suciu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Emil Ovidiu Suciu, who came to this country from Romania in 1969, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Board held that Suciu had stayed in this country beyond the time permitted by his student visa, and that he is therefore deportable. The Board also considered requests by Suciu for various forms of discretionary relief from deportation. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1255(a), 1254(a)(2), 1253(h)(1) (1982). As to each of these forms of discretionary relief, the Board, affirming findings made by an Immigration Judge, found that the specific statutory criteria (for…