Legal Opinion
Allen M. Wijeratne, Formerly Known as Allen M. Lowe v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 24, 1992No. 90-2482PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Allen Margaret Wijeratne seeks review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the BIA”) denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings and ordering her deported to Sri Lanka. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we deny the petition for review and affirm the decision of the BIA.
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Allen Margaret Wijeratne is a native and citizen of Sri Lanka. In March, 1987, she illegally entered the United States through Mexico. On March 23, 1987, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“the INS”) caught Wijeratne in El Paso, Texas and began…
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