Legal Opinion
Jose Joaquin-Porras v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 18, 2006No. Docket 03-4202PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Jose Joaquin-Porras, entered the United States from Costa Rica in 1991 under a temporary work visa. He resided in this country continuously, except for a few brief excursions to Costa Rica pursuant to “paroles” granted by the Immigration and Naturalization , Service (“INS”), until the INS initiated removal proceedings against him in 2000. On January 18, 2001, less than a year after returning from his most recent parole to Costa Rica but almost ten years after the beginning of his otherwise continuous residency in the United States, Porras 1 applied for…
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