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In re Zamora-Molina

Interim Decision #3729 (B.I.A. 2011)
In re Zamora-Molina

10 Cited authorities

  1. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,700 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  2. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,026 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  3. Section 1255 - Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence

    8 U.S.C. § 1255   Cited 2,894 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Listing classes of nonimmigrants, such as students and tourists

  4. Section 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

    8 U.S.C. § 1153   Cited 1,222 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Determining an applicant's age as " the age of the alien on the date on which an immigrant visa number becomes available for such alien . . . but only if the alien has sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within one year of such availability; reduced by (B) the number of days in the period during which the applicable petition . . . was pending"

  5. Section 1154 - Procedure for granting immigrant status

    8 U.S.C. § 1154   Cited 1,160 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting immigrant status

  6. Section 1229c - Voluntary departure

    8 U.S.C. § 1229c   Cited 1,019 times
    Imposing statutory penalties for failure to depart

  7. Section 1151 - Worldwide level of immigration

    8 U.S.C. § 1151   Cited 880 times
    Defining "immediate relatives"

  8. Section 204.2 - Petitions for relatives, widows and widowers, and abused spouses and children

    8 C.F.R. § 204.2   Cited 439 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Conferring priority date retention on a derivative beneficiary only "if the subsequent petition is filed by the same petitioner"

  9. Section 1240.26 - Voluntary departure-authority of the Executive Office for Immigration Review

    8 C.F.R. § 1240.26   Cited 316 times
    Providing noncitizen must concede removability to be eligible for voluntary departure

  10. Section 1240.8 - Burdens of proof in removal proceedings

    8 C.F.R. § 1240.8   Cited 312 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Applying "clearly and beyond doubt" burden to "proceedings commenced upon a respondent's arrival" or "[a]liens present in the United States without being admitted"