Nabil George Yaldo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Petitioner seeks review of decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the findings of a Special Inquiry Officer pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1256 (1964) rescinding petitioner’s permanent resident alien status and ordering him deported. The underlying substantive issue in both the recission and deportation proceedings was whether petitioner entered into a fraudulent marriage with an American citizen solely for the purpose of gaining permanent resident alien status.

Petitioner, a native and citizen of Iraq, entered the United States in 1965 on a student visa authorizing him to stay…