Legal Opinion
Miguel Mendoza-Hernandez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 1981No. 80-2615PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Miguel Mendoza-Hernandez, is a citizen of Mexico who last entered the United States on April 17, 1969. He obtained a visa as an immediate relative immigrant because of his alleged marriage to a United States citizen.
The petitioner, however, was previously married in Mexico and had not divorced his wife before marrying the United States citizen. Upon learning this fact, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (hereinafter “the Service”) began deportation proceedings. The Service charged the petitioner as deportable under section 241(a)(1) of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha WangSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States Immigration & Naturalization Service v. HibiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Santiago v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Narciso Edgardo Inciong Villena v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Reid v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Michele Portmann, Doing Business as Grafica, an Individual v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- William Palmer v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Venancio Cortes-Castillo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Sebastian Diaz-Salazar v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Board of Immigration AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Donaciano Bueno-Carrillo v. Michael H. Landon, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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