Legal Opinion
White v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1996No. 95-60170PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Raymond White seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying his application for discretionary relief from deportation under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). The BIA determined that White was ineligible for § 212(c) relief because he did not maintain seven years of lawful unrelinquished domicile in this country. Because we hold that the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (“INS”) interpretation of “domicile” is inconsistent with the statute’s plain meaning, we reverse the decision of the BIA and remand for…
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