Gamal Abdi Moussa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

BYE, Circuit Judge.

After an immigration judge (IJ) ruled in Gamal Abdi Moussa’s favor on his nationality claim, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) concluded Moussa was an alien subject to removal and vacated the IJ’s order. We now grant Moussa’s petition for review, vacate the BIA’s order of removal, and decide Moussa’s nationality claim in his favor.

Moussa was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 19, 1977. His father entered the United States as a refugee four years later, while Moussa and his mother remained in Ethiopia. His parents divorced when Moussa was five. When Moussa was…