Legal Opinion

Margarita Uriostegui v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 15, 2005No. 03-3748PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Margarita Uriostegui, a 32-year-old Mexican national, entered the United States illegally before the end of 1990. The following year, her father, who was lawfully in the United States, applied on her behalf for an immigrant visa then available to unmarried children of lawful permanent residents. Years passed. Finally, in July 2000, while Uriostegui continued to wait for the final word on her 1991 visa application, the then-INS commenced removal proceedings. Uriostegui was scheduled to appear at two master hearings in 2001, but she obtained continuances both times. She…

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