Legal Opinion
Keh Tong Chen v. Attorney General of the United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 25, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-0010PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRYANT, District Judge.
This case is before the court on the Attorney General’s motion for summary judgment. Jurisdiction is founded on 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 279 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“the Act”), 8 U.S.C. § 1329 (1976).
The issue before the court is whether the Regional Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) abused his discretion when he denied plaintiff’s application to waive the two-year foreign residence requirement established by § 212(e) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(e). The court finds that because the Regional Commissioner’s…
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