Legal Opinion
Elija Kebaso Ateka v. John Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2004No. 03-2962PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Elija Kebaso Ateka, a native and citizen of Kenya, petitions for review from a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming an immigration judge’s ruling that he was ineligible for lawful permanent resident status because he had made a false claim of citizenship on an 1-9 employment eligibility form. We deny the petition.
Ateka entered the United States in August 1996 on a nonimmigrant student visa. Instead of attending school in North Carolina as authorized, he moved to Minnesota and got a job as a nurse’s aide at the Southview Walker nursing home in May…
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