In the Matter of L

8 Cited authorities

Accardi v. Shaughnessy
347 U.S. 260 (1954) Cited 891 times
Holding that Board of Immigration Appeals was required to follow its own regulations in deciding whether to suspend deportation
Service v. Dulles
354 U.S. 363 (1957) Cited 580 times
Holding that "[w]hile the Secretary was not obligated to impose upon himself these more rigorous substantive and procedural standards . . . having done so he could not, so long as the Regulations remained unchanged, proceed without regard to them"
Vitarelli v. Seaton
359 U.S. 535 (1959) Cited 511 times
Holding that, although Congress gave the Secretary of Interior absolute discretion to terminate an employee in the name of national security, the Secretary was nevertheless required to follow its own procedural rules when making such a determination
Bridges v. Wixon
326 U.S. 135 (1945) Cited 466 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding only that a court may not admit hearsay for substantive, as opposed to impeachment, purposes
United States ex rel. Bilokumsky v. Tod
263 U.S. 149 (1923) Cited 345 times
Holding that there is no "presumption of citizenship comparable to the presumption of innocence in a criminal case. . . . To defeat deportation it is not always enough for the person arrested to stand mute at the hearing and put the Government upon its proof."
Section 1251 - Transferred
8 U.S.C. § 1251 Cited 2,159 times 1 Legal Analyses
Delineating crimes that make alien deportable
Section 1187 - Visa waiver program for certain visitors
8 U.S.C. § 1187 Cited 190 times 6 Legal Analyses
Identifying Syria and state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran as "countr[ies] or area of concern" for purposes of administering the Visa Waiver Program
Section 217.4 - Inadmissibility and deportability
8 C.F.R. § 217.4 Cited 59 times
Providing that removal of a VWP entrant "shall be effected without referral of the alien to an immigration judge for a determination of deportability"

In the Matter of L

8 Cited authorities

Holding that Board of Immigration Appeals was required to follow its own regulations in deciding whether to suspend deportation

Holding that "[w]hile the Secretary was not obligated to impose upon himself these more rigorous substantive and procedural standards . . . having done so he could not, so long as the Regulations remained unchanged, proceed without regard to them"

Holding that, although Congress gave the Secretary of Interior absolute discretion to terminate an employee in the name of national security, the Secretary was nevertheless required to follow its own procedural rules when making such a determination

Holding only that a court may not admit hearsay for substantive, as opposed to impeachment, purposes

Holding that there is no "presumption of citizenship comparable to the presumption of innocence in a criminal case. . . . To defeat deportation it is not always enough for the person arrested to stand mute at the hearing and put the Government upon its proof."

Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

Identifying Syria and state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran as "countr[ies] or area of concern" for purposes of administering the Visa Waiver Program

Providing that removal of a VWP entrant "shall be effected without referral of the alien to an immigration judge for a determination of deportability"