Alvarado v. Board of Review

HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff Hismael Alvarado seeks reversal of an order of the Industrial Commission. The Commission found him ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits since he was not an alien “permanently residing in the United States under color of law.” We affirm.

Alvarado is a citizen of Mexico who has resided in the United States since 1969, leaving this country for only a brief period to return to Mexico. Alvarado entered the United States illegally, both initially and upon returning from Mexico.

On September 17, 1982, Alvarado was arrested in Payson, Utah, by the…