Opere v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Rasac Olufemi Opere, a native and citizen of Nigeria, was admitted to the United States on November 13, 1982 as a nonim-migrant visitor with authorization to remain in the country until November 30, 1982. Having remained in the United States beyond the authorized date, Opere was given an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) by the INS on April 14, 1994 and was charged as being deportable pursuant to Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) § 211(a)(1)(B), 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(1)(B) (current version at 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(B)). In the deportation proceedings before an immigration…