Ibrahim Fez Ghassan v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Ibrahim Fez Ghassan, a native and citizen of Lebanon who was a permanent resident of the United States, was convicted of conspiracy to import and distribute heroin. After he was released from prison, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) began deportation proceedings. An immigration judge (“IJ”) denied his application for waiver of deportation, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed that denial and denied Ghassan’s motions to reconsider or reopen. Ghassan petitions for review of the BIA’s decisions. Finding that the decisions were…