Legal Opinion
Domingo Antonio Hernandez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 14, 2006No. 04-3832PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Domingo Antonio Hernandez petitions us to rule, inter alia, that the repeal of suspension of deportation under the former Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) § 244(a) has an impermissible retroactive effect on aliens like him who pled guilty to a deportable offense and who would have been eligible for suspension of deportation relief but for the repeal. For the reasons provided below, we disagree.
I. Facts and Procedural Background
Hernandez, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, entered the United States as a B-2 “visitor for pleasure” on September 9, 1974, and…
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