SANKAR v. I.N.S.

No. 84-3341.

757 F.2d 532 (1985)

Farouk and Fadwa SANKAR, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Tesoroni, Tesoroni, LeRoy & George, Newark, N.J., for petitioners.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Lauri Steven Filppu, Deputy Director, Rose Collantes, Hillary B. Burchuk, Charles E. Hamilton, III, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Alexander Ewing, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

Before HUNTER and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and KELLY, District Judge.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) January 16, 1985.

MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, Farouk and Fadwa Sankar, appeal to this court from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a) and 1153(h) (1982). In lieu of deportation, petitioners were granted the privilege of departing from the...

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