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MITONDO v. MUKASEY

No. 06-3178.

523 F.3d 784 (2008)

Mpoyi MITONDO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon M. Shepherd (argued), Azulay, Horn & Seiden, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Siu Ping Wong, Wendy Benner-Leon (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Mpoyi Mitondo, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known as Zaire between 1971 and 1997), arrived in the United States from Scotland bearing a French passport. Citizens of France do not need visas to enter the United States, and Mitondo did not have one.

Only cursory checks are made of persons who carry the passports of nations participating in the visa-waiver program. But one of the checks is for the passport's legitimacy...

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