Hernandez-Casillas v. I.N.S.

Decision Date04 January 1993
Citation983 F.2d 231
PartiesHernandez-Casillas v. INS NO. 92-4033
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

Appeal From: I.N.S.

AFFIRMED.

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4 cases
  • Vo v. Gonzales
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • March 19, 2007
    ...ground of deportation charged is also a ground of inadmissibility"). The Attorney General affirmed the comparability requirement in Matter of Hernandez-Casillas, 20 I. & N. Dec. 262, 1990 WL 385764 (BIA 1990), aff'd, Hernandez-Casillas v. INS, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir. 1993) (table), following an attempt by the BIA to expand § 212(c) availability to all "aliens deportable under any ground of deportability except those where there is a comparable ground of exclusion which has been specifically...
  • Chow v. I.N.S.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • November 23, 1993
    ...that a Sec. 212(c) waiver is available in deportation proceedings only to those aliens who have been found deportable under a charge of deportability for which there is a comparable ground of excludability. In re Hernandez-Casillas, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir.1993) (unpublished). The First Circuit has addressed the issue of whether Sec. 212(c) authorizes the granting of discretionary relief to aliens convicted of possession of a firearm without a license. In Campos v. INS, 961 F.2d 309...
  • Bedoya-Valencia v. I.N.S.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit
    • September 24, 1993
    ...determined in Hernandez-Casillas that the Francis rule should not be extended to allow Sec. 1182(c) relief in such situations. His ruling was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit, without opinion. See Hernandez-Casillas v. INS, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir.1993) (mem.). Three other circuits concur. See Leal-Rodriguez v. INS, 990 F.2d 939, 950-52 (7th Cir.1993) (entry without inspection); Campos v. INS, 961 F.2d 309, 314-17 (1st Cir.1992) (firearms violation); Cabasugexclusion. In so ruling, the BIA followed the decision of the Attorney General, reversing a divided BIA, in In re Hernandez-Casillas, Interim Decision No. 3147, 1990 WL 385764 (BIA Jan. 11, 1990; Att'y Gen. Mar. 18, 1991), aff'd mem., 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir.1993). We vacate and remand, directing the BIA to exercise its discretion regarding Bedoya-Valencia's application for Sec. 1182(c) The facts in this case are uncontested. Bedoya-Valencia, a native and citizen of Colombia,...
  • Ramirez v. Ashcroft
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas
    • February 24, 2005
    ...waive deportation grounds that have comparable grounds of inadmissibility or exclusion. See, e.g., Rodriguez v. INS, 9 F.3d 408 (5th Cir.1993); Chow v. INS, 12 F.3d 34 (5th Cir.1993); Matter of Hernandez-Casillas, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir.1993) (unpublished). The government argues that because unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is not a crime involving moral turpitude, there is no comparable ground of inadmissibility or exclusion that would permit Ramirez to obtain...