Opinion ID: 153686
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Construction in Favor of the Alien

Text: 12 Because § 3583(d) is ambiguous, we must utilize various tools of statutory construction in order to interpret its meaning. In construing § 3583(d), a deportation statute, we are mindful of the longstanding principle of construing any lingering ambiguities in deportation statutes in favor of the alien. See INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 449, 107 S.Ct. 1207, 1222, 94 L.Ed.2d 434 (1987); see also INS v. Errico, 385 U.S. 214, 225, 87 S.Ct. 473, 480, 17 L.Ed.2d 318 (1966) (recognizing that doubts as to the correct construction of a deportation statute should be resolved in favor of the alien); United States v. Quintana, 914 F.2d 1409, 1410 (10th Cir.1990) (Statutes relating to deportation of aliens are liberally construed in favor of the alien concerned as the deportation penalty can be harsh.). 13