Manzoor H. Qureshi v. Immigration & Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice of the United States

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Manzoor H. Qureshi, an alien, seeks review of a deportation order issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and a grant of lawful permanent resident status on grounds that in deporting him the Service relied impermis-sibly on a conviction based on a nolo contendere plea and that 8 U.S.C. § 1151(b) unconstitutionally discriminates against United States citizens who are minors. We disagree with his contentions.

8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(5) declares an alien deportable if he has been convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1546. In pertinent part that statute provides:

Whoever knowingly…