Karin Virginia Umana v. U.S. Attorney General

On February 20, 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) 1 issued Karin Virginia Umana an order to show cause, 2 alleging that she was a native and citizen of Guatemala who had entered the United States as a visitor for pleasure and had remained after the expiration of her visa, rendering her deportable under INA § 241(a)(1)(B). Umana initially requested asylum relief, but she withdrew that request during the proceedings. On April 30, 1998, the IJ found that Umana was deportable and granted voluntary departure before April 30, 1999. It does not appear that Umana appealed this…