Opinion ID: 437322
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: actual fraud on the ins

Text: 10 In its brief, the Government asserts that Tongatapu consists of three people, two being the aliens in question and the third being Molitoni's wife, a Canadian national. It implies that Tongatapu was formed in order to defraud the INS. Had the Government proved this contention below, Molitoni and Veatupu would be deportable under section 212(a)(19), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182(a)(19). Castaneda-Gonzalez v. INS, 564 F.2d 417, 425 (D.C.Cir.1977). 11 In the INS's letter of intent to revoke and in all administrative proceedings below, however, the sole ground asserted by the INS for revocation of the visa petitions was the financial condition of Tongatapu. A reviewing court must judge the propriety of an agency's actions solely on the grounds invoked by the agency. Patel v. INS, 638 F.2d 1199, 1201 (9th Cir.1980); Castillo-Felix v. INS, 601 F.2d 459, 462 n. 6 (9th Cir.1979); see Federal Power Commission v. Texaco, Inc., 417 U.S. 380, 397, 94 S.Ct. 2315, 2326, 41 L.Ed.2d 141 (1974). We cannot uphold the Service's decision on this asserted ground.