Phillip Terrance Moore v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

We review here the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of appellant Phillip Moore’s second application to reopen his deportation proceeding. Because we believe the Board did not abuse its discretion in this matter, we affirm.

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Phillip Moore is a citizen of Trinidad. In September of 1972, he entered the United States at Puerto Rico as a nonimmigrant visitor with a 15-day visa. He took a job, however, and worked there for two years. In 1974, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and began working in the job he now holds. He apparently lived in Boston…