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RIVERA v. I.N.S.

No. 85-4100.

810 F.2d 540 (1987)

Julio Garcia RIVERA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Jacobsen, Centro Para Inmigrantes, Houston, Tex., Cheryl Schechter, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

David H. Lambert, Dist. Director INS, New Orleans, La., Paul B. O'Neill, Dist. Director INS, Gary T. Goldman, Houston, Tex., for other interested parties.

Robert L. Bombough, Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civ. Div., Richard M. Evans, Washington, D.C., for respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

(791 F.2d 1202, 5th Cir.1986, June 13, 1986)

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Upon reconsideration and for reasons that follow, we are persuaded that the Board's interpretation of the Immigration and Naturalization Act is not unreasonable; given the "great deference" we must accord the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) interpretation of that Act, we accept its interpretation and affirm...

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