Legal Opinion
Viracacha v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2008No. 07-1548PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Armando Jiménez Viracacha arrived in the United States from Colombia in December 1998 with a visitor’s visa authorizing a six-month stay. He did not leave when the visa expired. In December 2000 his wife and three children arrived, also holding visitors’ visas. They did not leave either. Jiménez sought asylum in 2002 for himself and his family. There is, however, a one-year deadline for requesting asylum, see 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2), and Jiménez’s application was filed almost three years late. Immigration officials have the authority to allow untimely claims if the…
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