United States Fifth Circuit

A petition for review of a removal order is denied where the BIA did not err in: 1) upholding an immigration judge's determination that petitioner was seeking admission to the U.S. as defined in a statute involving the admission of resident aliens convicted of certain offenses; and 2) concluding that petitioner was ineligible for a waiver of admissibility under 8 U.S.C. section 1182(h).

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/28/2006
• Published 08/30/2006

Judges

• PRADO, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa S. Brodyaga (argued), Refugio De Rio Grande, San Benito, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Aviva Lea Poczter, Emily Anne Radford, Asst. Dir. (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., OIL, Washington, DC, Lawrence Ludka, Asst. U.S. Atty., Corpus Christi, TX, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Dir., U.S. INS, Harlingen, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.