Escobar Ordonez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Francisco Javier Escobar Ordonez appeals from the denial by both the immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals of his request to reopen his deportation proceedings pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1251(f).

Escobar Ordonez was found deportable under 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(1) as an alien who was excludable by law at the time of his entry. He was found excludable under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(19) for having procured his visa by fraud and under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(20) for having entered the United States without a valid visa. At the deportation hearing Escobar Ordonez conceded deportability; he admitted…