Legal Opinion
Rui Fernando Da Conceicao Rodrigues v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 24, 1993No. 92-2169, 93-1294PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Chief Judge.
Federal law classifies as “deportable” an “alien ... convicted” of unlawfully “possessing ... a firearm.” Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, Pub.L. 82-414,.66 Stat. 163, as amended (INA), § 241(a)(2)(C), 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(C). The law nonetheless permits the Attorney General to “adjust[]” the “status” of a “deportable” alien “to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence,” but only if, among other things, the alien “is admissible to the United States for permanent residence....” INA § 245(a)(2), 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a)(2). And, an alien is not…
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- Philip Thomas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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