Legal Opinion
Grzegorz Skutnik v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 15, 1997No. 97-1694PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After entering the United States in January 1985 on a visa authorizing only a vacation trip, Grzegorz Skutnik settled in Chicago and took a job. In July 1994 the INS commenced proceedings to deport him to his native Poland. A month later Skutnik married another Polish citizen, who had entered the United States in 1985 without inspection. Three months after the marriage his wife gave birth to a son, who by virtue of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution is a U.S. citizen. Wife and son provide the basis for Skutnik’s argument that deportation would work an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Yang v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by16 opinions
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