United States Second Circuit

In removal proceedings in which an Irish national was found ineligible for adjustment of status for having made a false claim to US citizenship on an I-9 form, a petition for review of the BIA's affirmance is denied, where: 1) the petitioner pointed to no evidence beyond his testimony to demonstrate that he thought he was a national when checking the "citizen or national" box on the I-9; 2) the petitioner admitted before the immigration judge that he did not believe himself to be a national; and 3) the petitioner made a statement to an immigration officer in which he characterized himself as a US citizen in order to obtain his "dream job."

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2012
• Published 02/23/2012

Judges

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Swaine, Brooke M. Maurer