Legal Opinion
LIN
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1982No. ID 2900PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2900 MATTER OF LIN In Exclusion Proceedings A-24396'728 Decided by Board May 6, 1982 (1) An alien who absconds from an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention facility while awaiting exclusion proceedings does not make an entry into the United States as defined in section 101(a)(13) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(1S), and, therefore, was properly placed in exclusion proceedings: Matter of A , - 9 I&N Iy ec. 356 (BIA 1961); and Matter of A-T-,
3 I&N Dec. 178
(BIA 1948), dis- tinguished. (2) An ahem who escapes from Service detention does not…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Leng May Ma v. BarberSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- PIERREBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1973
- United States v. VasilatosCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Lazarescu v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- United States Ex Rel. Tom We Shung v. MurffDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- ROSASBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1999
- Correa v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Correa v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- JIMENEZ-LOPEZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1993
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