Legal Opinion
Samuel Appiah v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2000No. 97-1705PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Samuel Appiah, a citizen of Ghana illegally residing in the United States, seeks to suspend his deportation. In order to be eligible for a suspension of deportation, an alien must show a continuous physical presence in the United States for seven years. Suspension then rests in the discretion of the Attorney General. While Appiah’s deportation proceedings were pending, Congress enacted a new stop-time rule for calculating the required period of continuous physical presence. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-208, §…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by74 opinions
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