Legal Opinion
FRENTESCU
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1982No. ID 2906PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2906 MATTER OF FRENTESCU In Exclusion Proceedings A-23364219 Decided by Board June 23, 1982 (1) An alien who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude is not statutorily ineligible for asylum and withholding of deportation. (2) Withholding of deportation and asylum are not available to an alien who, having been convicted by afinal judgment of a "particularly serious crime," constitutes a danger to the community of the United States. (0) A 'pox ticularly serious crime" under section 243(h)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1253(h)(2)(B), is…
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