Legal Opinion
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Hector
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 17, 1986No. 86-21PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Per curiam
Virginia Hector, a native and citizen of Dominica, West Indies, entered the United States in April 1975 as a nonimmi-grant visitor for pleasure. She has remained in this country illegally since April 30, 1975, when her authorization to stay expired. The youngest of her four children, a 10-year-old boy, resides with her here; the other three children live with their grandparents in Dominica. In 1983, two of Hector’s nieces, United States citizens aged 10 and 11, came to live with her in order to attend school in what their parents perceived to be a superior educational system. The nieces’…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Maria Tovar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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