United States Second Circuit

Petition for review of order of removal is denied over claim that the BIA erred in finding that petitioner knowingly assisted her former boyfriend's attempted illegal entry into the U.S. and that irrespective of whether she knew he could not legally enter, her actions were insufficient to constitute an affirmative act of assistance within the meaning of the statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/03/2007
• Published 08/03/2007

Judges

• Before:  McLAUGHLIN, SACK, Circuit Judges, and POGUE, Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victor Schurr, Pelham, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ari Nazarov, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Alison M. Igoe, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Respondents.