Legal Opinion
GRIJALVA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1988No. ID 3075PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3075 MATTER OF GRIJALVA In Deportation Proceedings A-38840614 Decided by Board June 24 1988 (1) An alien bears the burden of establishing eligibility for a waiver of deportation pursuant to section 241(0(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. § 1251
(0(2) (1982), and of showing that he warrants a favorable exercise of discre- tion. (2) Where the amount of marihuana that an alien has been convicted of possessing cannot be ascertained from the alien's conviction record, the alien must come for- ward with credible testimony or other evidence to meet his burden of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- VELASQUEZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1986
- United States v. Manuel Jesus Herrera-MedinaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- TOROBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1980
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