Legal Opinion

Leonid Petkiewytsch v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided September 30, 1991No. 90-3952PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether a permanent resident alien who served involuntarily as a civilian guard in a German “labor education camp” during the period of Nazi control and who never personally abused prisoners is subject to deportation under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, (the Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1101, et seq. More specifically, the question arises under section 241(a)(19) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(19) (the Holtzman Amendment). The Holtzman Amendment was enacted in 1978; section 103 provides for the deportation of any alien…

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3Cited by19 opinions

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