Legal Opinion
Bautista Castillo-Felix v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1979No. 78-1445PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Castillo-Felix petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying him discretionary relief from deportation under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1976). He asserts that the Board incorrectly interpreted the statutory phrase “lawful unrelinquished domicile.” We affirm.
FACTS
Petitioner, a citizen and native of Mexico, illegally entered this country in 1963. Shortly thereafter, he commenced a common law relationship with a woman alien who had been admitted for permanent residence.1 They now have five…
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