Wissam Al-Saka v. Jefferson Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BATCHELDER, J., joined, and WHITE, J., joined in part. WHITE, J. (pg. 434-35), delivered a separate opinion concurring in all but the discussion of the applicability of the Fifth Amendment due process guarantee.
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Wissam Ibrahim Al-Saka received permanent residency on the condition that he remain married to Hanadi Hashem, a U.S. citizen, for at least two years. He ran afoul of that condition when Michigan annulled the marriage months after he arrived here. The immigration authorities refused to waive the condition, found that Al-Saka and Hashem did not marry in good faith, and determined that he should be removed. We must deny Al-Saka's petition to stay.
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A Lebanese citizen, Al-Saka married Hashem, a U.S. citizen, in Beirut in August 1999. He entered the United States in March 2001…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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