Legal Opinion
CANAS
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1988No. ID 3074PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3074 MATTER OF CANAS In Deportation Proceedings A-26790253 A-26790255 Decided by Board September 18, 1988 (1) Although it provides "significant guidance," the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Deter- mining Refugee Status Under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva, 1979) does not hove the force of law with re- spect to the interpretation of the United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, Jan. 31, 1967, [1968j 19 U.S.T. 6223, T.I.A.S. No. 6577,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ruslan I. Ilchuk v. Attorney General of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
- VILLALTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1990
- Gjeroski v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- Gjeroski v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- Ilchuk v. Atty Gen USACourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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