Legal Opinion
Carranza-De Salinas v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2007No. 05-60878PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The Appellant, Petra Carranza-de Salinas (“Carranza”), petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) holding that she is ineligible to apply for relief from deportation based on former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Carranza claims that she deferred her application for § 212(e) relief in order to establish a stronger record of rehabilitation, in reliance on the continued availability of § 212(c) relief. Because the BIA erred in finding her ineligible to apply for § 212(c) relief without allowing her the…
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