Legal Opinion

Jaime Sanchez-Dominguez and Alicia Acosta De Sanchez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 17, 1986No. 84-4839PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners Sanchez, husband and wife and natives of Mexico, entered the United States illegally in 1973 and have continuously resided here since that time except for an overnight stay in Mexico in July, 1979. During their residence here, the Sanchezes have had four children, all United States citizens. Since his entry, Mr. Sanchez has been gainfully employed at relatively high wages (with consequent substantial federal income tax payments), owns his own home, and has accumulated property. The brothers and sisters of both petitioners all live in the United States.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rosenberg v. FleutiSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. PhinpathyaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Jay v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ayo Martins v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  2. Patricio Hernandez-Cordero and Maria Guadalupe Ortega De Hernandez v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  3. Kofa v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  4. Faosat Dawodu v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
  5. Lorenzo Kofa v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law American Immigration Lawyers Association Legal Action Center of the American Immigration Law Foundation National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Amici Curiae. Jorge Samuel Moreno v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995

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