Legal Opinion
RODRIGUEZ-PALMA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1980No. ID 2815PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2815 MATTER OF RODRIGUEZ-PALMA. In Exclusion Proceedings A.-22792193 Decided by Board August 26, 1980 (1) Relief ender section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Refugee Act of 1980, 8 U.S.C. 1253(h), is not available to an alien who is considered to have committed a "serious nonpolitical crime" prior to his arrival in the United States. (2) Relief under section 242(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, S S C 1258(h), as amended, is available in both exclusion and deportation proceedings. See 8 C.F.R. 208.10 (June 1, 1980). (3) In…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Arnaldo Octavio Brett v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- QUADARABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
3Cited by23 opinions
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