CERVANTES

Interim Decision #3277 Interim Decision #3277 In re Vicente CERVANTES-Torres, Respondent File A71 638 181 - San Diego Decided June 7, 1996 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals An alien is not barred from demonstrating continuous physical presence for purposes of sec- tion 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1254(a)(1) (1994), when he has made brief, casual, and innocent departures from the United States during the pendency of his deportation proceedings, and when the Immigration and Naturalization Service has…