ENRIQUEZ

Interim Decision #3045 MATTER OF ENRIQUEZ In Deportation Proceedings A-271583.86 Decided by Board January 14, 1988 (1) The interpretation that administrative proceedings are still "pending," as that term is used in subsection 245(eX2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

8 U.S.C. § 1255

(eX2) (Supp. IV 1986), until the respondent's departure from the United States, furthers the objective of the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amend- ments of 1986,

Pub. L. No. 99-639, 100

Stet. 3537, which is to ensure that immi- gration benefits are not obtained through marriage fraud. (2) A respondent in…