Legal Opinion
Gil v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 17, 2017No. Docket No. 15-3134-agPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner July Rafael Bueno Gil (“Gil”) seeks review of a September 10, 2015 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) finding him ineligible for derivative citizenship and denying his motion to terminate removal proceedings. Gil was born in the Dominican Republic and was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident. His parents never married. Gil contends that he became a U.S. citizen derivatively when his father was naturalized in 1980, when Gil was eleven years old. The IJ and the BIA…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Travis Damien Ashton v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by11 opinions
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