673 F. Supp. 28 - Amanullah v. Cobb’s Empirical Analysis
1987
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1225 (§ 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (§ 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · Haitian Refugee Center v. Smith · Amanullah v. Nelson · 503 F. Supp. 442 - Haitian Refugee Center v. Civiletti · United States ex rel. Man v. Murff
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“[s]ince the above two AFGHAN nationals [Amanullah and Wahidullah] left India on their own volition, Government of India will not be in a position to accept them. We would also like to clarify that Government of India do [sic] not accept the theory of the so called 'country of first refuge obligation.' " Appellees' Brief, Addendum, A-8. Excludability Under Sec. 1227(a) 19 Neither Amanullah nor Wahidullah contests their status as excludable aliens under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182(a)(26). The Attorney General, having both properly determined their status pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1226 and detained them under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1225, now seeks to deport them. Section 1227 of Title 8 governs the deportation of excludable aliens. 20 Section 1227(a) regulates the determination of the location to which the excludable alien may be deported. This subdivision has two parts. Section 1227(a)(1) instructs the Attorney General in relevant part that "[d]eportation shall be to the country in which the alien boarded the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived in the United States....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) the country of which the alien is a subject, citizen, or national; (B) the country in which he was born; (C) the country in which he has a residence; or (D) a country which is willing to accept the alien into its territory, if deportation to any of the foregoing countries is impracticable, inadvisable, or impossible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“provides the Attorney General with the same flexibility with respect to removal of aliens who are not permitted to enter the United States as it does, under Section 243(a) of the Act [8 U.S.C. Sec. 1253(a) ], in the case of aliens who have entered the United States and are subsequently deported”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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