Legal Opinion

Dinka Toma Youkhanna, Jabrial Youkhanna, Astar Youkhanna v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 7, 1984No. 83-3872, 83-3873PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners appeal from decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their applications for withholding of deportation under section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h), and for asylum under section 208 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1158.

Petitioners Jabrail Shabo Youkhanna and Astar Youkhanna, a married couple, and Dinka Toma Youkhanna are citizens of Iraq. They entered the United States as non-immigrant visitors in 1979 and remained here beyond the authorized limits of their stay. Conceding their deportability, they…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Rene Carvajal-Munoz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  3. Yadollah A. Kashani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  4. Ghazwan and Nashwan Dally, Tarik Jerjis Khamou and Sabiha Hermiz, Asam J. Satto and Lamia K. Satto v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
  3. MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
  4. Luz Marina Cardoza-Fonseca v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Francisca Rosa Arguello-Salguera v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  5. Guevara Flores v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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