Legal Opinion
Daniel Morales-Cruz v. United States of America, Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1982No. 81-4162PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In 1973 Mr. Morales-Cruz, a citizen of Nicaragua, was admitted to the United States upon an immigrant visa. In obtaining the visa he had claimed a purported marriage to an American citizen. It is now conceded that this'purported marriage was fraudulent. His putative wife was already married and had been paid by appellant’s brother to enter into the marriage. There had never been any intention that this was or was ultimately to become a real marriage.
Because of the purported marriage, appellant Cruz did not comply with the labor certification requirement in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Reid v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Rudy Cacho, Also Known as Melanio Montemayor v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Vilma Aida Alvarenga De Paz, Also Known as Vilma Chavez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Josue Castro-Guerrero v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Kelly K. Persaud v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Esther Skelly v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Antonio Hernandez-Robledo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Moises Ponce-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985