United States Second Circuit

In a petition action seeking review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeal (BIA), brought by a petitioner who was born in the Dominican Republic and admitted to the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident but whose parents never married, the petition is denied where was not a 'child' eligible for derivative citizenship because he was not 'legitimated' within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/03/17

Judges

• CHIN

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel