Legal Opinion
Felix Ilkechukwu Asika v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2004No. 03-1352PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published per curiam opinion.
OPINION
2Per curiam
The petitioner, Felix Ilkechukwu Asika, was held to be deportable on July 23,1998, in an order affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the Board”) on February 26, 2003. He appeals this decision, arguing that the Attorney General was barred from bringing a deportation action against him by the five-year statute of limitations on the rescission of wrongfully granted adjustments. See 8 U.S.C. § 1256(a). Because we conclude that the Immigration and Naturalization Act is ambiguous on this point, we defer to the interpretation of this provision…
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