ACOSTA-MONTERO v. I.N.S.

No. 93-5258.

62 F.3d 1347 (1995)

Jorge E. ACOSTA-MONTERO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley O. June, Jeffrey N. Brauwerman, Brauwerman & Brauwerman, P.A., Miami, FL, for petitioner.

Joseph F. Ciolino, Asst. U.S. Atty., OIL, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, BLACK, Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

I.

Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA" or "Act"), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c), gives the Attorney General discretion to admit to the United States "[a]liens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who temporarily proceed[] abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation, and who are returning to a lawful unrelinquished domicile [in the United States] of seven consecutive years...." The Attorney General...

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