Paula Myrtle Marie Dill v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Executive Office of Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals

OPINION OF THE COURT

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

The Immigration and Nationality Act vests in the Attorney General broad discretion to suspend deportation of an alien who has been ordered deported, provided the alien establishes (1) good moral character, (2) seven years’ continuous physical presence in the United States, and (3) “extreme hardship” to the alien, or, in the alternative, to the alien’s “spouse, parent, or child,” if that close family member is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a)(1). Exercise of this discretionary authority has been…