Legal Opinion
Jorge Santana-Figueroa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1981No. 79-7691PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
A 70 year-old citizen of Mexico has resided in the United States nearly 14 years as a responsible, law-abiding, taxpaying, churchgoing member of his community. Uneducated and unskilled, he has been employed as a maintenance man and has used his meager earnings to support both his family in Mexico and himself without public assistance. He concedes deportability but asserts that deportation would cause him extreme hardship, not only severing his ties to the community but also rendering him unable to find any employment.
An immigration judge found the petitioner…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ng Fung Ho v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha WangSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Joseph Paul v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by113 opinions
- Gerardo Bibiano Falcon Carriche Theresa v. De Falcon Carriche and Christina Pamela Falcon Bibiano v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Jose Antonio Barraza Rivera v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Ramirez-Alejandre v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Velarde v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Elisida Zavala-Bonilla v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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