Legal Opinion
SALIM
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1982No. ID 2922PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2922 MATTER OF SALIM In Exclusion Proceedings A-26110301 Decided by Board September 29, 1982 (1) Asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1158, denied as a matter of discretion to excludable alien who arrived in the United States with a fraudulent passport, despite grant of temporary withholding of deportation to Afghanistan pursuant to section 243(h) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1253(h). Under the Refugee Act of 1980, 243(h) relief to eligible aliens is mandatory, but asylum is dis- cretionary_ (2) The applicant's deportation to Afghanistan is…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- FRENTESCUBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1982
- Kishin Ramchand Balani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Djordje Kovac v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, John P. Boyd, District Director, Seattle, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Peter Gabriel John McMullen v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Rosenberg v. Yee Chien WooSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
- Andriasian v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- C-Y-ZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1997
- Joseph Tshibang Kalubi v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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