Legal Opinion
Ilko Guentchev v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 1996No. 95-2309PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Ilko Guentchev wanted to be a policeman in his native Bulgaria. He was turned down — because, he says, he practiced the Eastern Orthodox faith, and because some ancestors had been police before the communists came to power in 1944, for which he was unwilling to atone by joining the Communist Party. So he took other, less satisfying, employment. In 1990 Guentchev arrived in the United States as a tourist and did not leave when his visa expired. Instead of approaching the INS to claim asylum as a refugee, he kept his head low. After the INS caught up with him,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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