Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/318304587/Samuel-v-INS-81-F-3d-173-10th-Cir-1996
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1182', '§\n1251', '§ 1105', '§ 1182', '§ 1182', '§ 1182']

Samuel v. INS, 81 F.3d 173, 10th Cir. (1996) | Precedent | Appeal
Filed: 1996-03-28 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 81 F.3d 173 Docket: 95-9523
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MUSHTAQ SAMUEL,
No. 95-9523
(No. A37-515-631)
Before PORFILIO, KELLY and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.**
Petitioner Mushtaq Samuel, who immigrated to the United States in 1981 when he
was nine years old, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision that he is
ineligible for a waiver of inadmissibility, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). He concedes
deportability having been convicted of a firearms violation. See 8 U.S.C. §
1251(a)(2)(C). Our jurisdiction arises under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a).
Section 1182(c) pertains to the admissibility of permanent resident aliens
returning to the United States and allows the Attorney General to waive numerous
grounds of exclusion. The statute has been extended, on equal protection grounds, to
some deportation cases involving long-term permanent residents. See Francis v. INS, 532
F.2d 268, 272-73 (2d Cir. 1976). A requirement of the statute’s application in the
deportation context has been that the ground of deportation to be waived must have an
analogous ground of exclusion which could be waived under § 1182(c). Komarenko v.
INS, 35 F.3d 432, 434 (9th Cir. 1994). It has been held, over constitutional challenge,
that § 1182(c) waiver is unavailable when the ground of deportation is a firearms
conviction because there is no sufficiently analogous ground of exclusion. See Gjonaj v.
INS, 47 F.3d 824 (6th Cir. 1995); Rodriguez-Padron v. INS, 13 F.3d 1455 (11th Cir.
1994); Rodriguez v. INS, 9 F.3d 408 (5th Cir. 1993); Campos v. INS, 961 F.2d 309 (1st
Cir. 1992); Cabasug v. INS, 847 F.2d 1321 (9th Cir. 1988). This is not a case where the
ground of deportation “could not conceivably have” a counterpart among the statutory
grounds of exclusion. See Bedoya-Valencia v. INS, 6 F.3d 891, 897 (2d Cir. 1993)
(extending § 1182(c) where ground of deportation was entry without inspection).
We have carefully considered Petitioner’s arguments for a contrary interpretation,
but we cannot conclude that the Attorney General’s interpretation and limitation of this
judicially-created doctrine is unreasonable. We do recognize that Mr. Samuel will be
deported to Pakistan, a country with which he has few ties and little experience, having
spent his childhood and early adult life with his family in the United States. While we
may be of the opinion that what the Attorney General is doing is abominable given the
circumstances, all of the precedent leads only to one rule of law, from which we are not
inclined to depart.
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