Legal Opinion
Folorunso Adeyinka Afolayan, Grace Afolayan v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2000No. 97-2735PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Folorunso Adeyinka Afolayan and Grace Afolayan ask this court to reverse an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their request for discretionary suspension of a deportation order issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). We deny the Afolayans’ petition.
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Facts and Background
Folorunso Adeyinka Afolayan, a citizen and native of Nigeria, entered the United States on March 1, 1984, following the INS’s decision to award him a non-immigrant student visa. Mr. Afolayan’s wife, Grace, who is also a Nigerian citizen and native, entered the…
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