NEHME v. I.N.S.

No. 00-60111.

252 F.3d 415 (2001)

Ernest Iskandar Nehme, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Orlow (argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Mary Jane Candaux (argued), David V. Bernal, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are called upon primarily to decide whether Congress complied with the Constitution's mandate of uniformity when it established the rules of derivative naturalization under former § 321 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1432 (2000). We hold that Congress has done so, and that Petitioner has failed to prove that he was ever naturalized under this or any other section of the INA. Petitioner...

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