Haviv Schieber v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Petitioner Haviv Sehieber seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, dated February 3, 1970, denying his motion to reopen his deportation proceedings. Petitioner, who has avoided deportation since 1961, seeks discretionary relief from deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h) on the ground that he will be subjected to persecution in Israel, the country to which he is to be deported, on account of his political beliefs and activities. This claim has been considered before, e.g., at an evidentiary hearing held in 1961, after which the inquiry officer recommended that the…