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Mercado-Martinez

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided March 26, 2026No. ID 4176PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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29 I&N Dec. 529

(BIA 2026) Interim Decision #4176 Matter of Ricardo MERCADO-MARTINEZ, Respondent Decided March 26, 2026 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Where an Immigration Judge finds that a Form I-213 is unreliable and insufficient to establish alienage, he or she must point to specific evidence in the record sufficient to rebut the presumption of reliability. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Jose L. Chaidez, Esquire, Phoenix, Arizona FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Michael T. Schmitz, Assistant Chief Counsel BEFORE: Board…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ramiro Cruz Espinoza v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  3. Daniel Salvador Hernandez-Guadarrama v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  4. S-HBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2002
  5. BARCENASBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988

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