Legal Opinion
GUEVARA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1991No. ID 3143PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3143 MATTER OF GUEVARA In Deportation Proceedings A-29017722 Decided by Board September 14, 1990 Decided by Board January 31, 1991 (1)A respondent in deportation proceedings who remains silent when confronted with evidence of his alienage, the circumstances of his entry, or his deportability, may leave himself open to adverse inferences, which may properly lead in turn to a finding of deportability against him. (2) In deportation proceedings, the respondent's silence alone, in the absence of any other evidence of record, is insufficient to constitute prima facie evidence of…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. AbuduSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Spevack v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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