Mohammed Aleem and Rahmatunnisa Aleem v. Brian R. Perryman, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Upon their return from an extended stay in Bahrain, an immigration judge determined that Mohammed Aleem and his wife Rahmatunnisa, both of whom are permanent resident aliens of the United States, should be excluded from this country, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(20), 1 because they had abandoned their permanent resident status. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) affirmed this decision and the Aleems sought judicial review in the district court. Finding the Board’s decision to be supported by substantial evidence, the district court denied their habeas…