MARTI-XIQUES v. I.N.S.

No. 82-6141.

741 F.2d 350 (1984)

Robinson Antonio MARTI-XIQUES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Broudy, Timothy Harrington, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for petitioner.

Lauri Steven Filppu, U.S. Dept. of Justice, James A. Hunolt, I.N.S., Washington, D.C., Elena R. Stinson, Juan, P.R., for respondent.

Before TJOFLAT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Section 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("Act")1 permits the Attorney General, in his discretion, to suspend deportation and adjust the status of an otherwise deportable alien who, inter alia, "has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than seven years...." Similarly, § 212(c)2

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