Court Opinion

ID: 9450991
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:02:22.648172+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:31.093828
License: Public Domain

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
I concur in the foregoing opinion. I would add that the sole ground upon which it is here asserted that section 241(f) does not apply is that Errico was not “otherwise admissible” within the meaning of that subsection, because, but for the misrepresentation, he was not of the proper status under the quota specified in the visa. I note, however, that section 211 (a) under which it. is sought to deport him, contains five qualifications for admission, which are are follows:
“(1) * * * a valid unexpired immigrant visa * * *,
(2) is properly chargeable to the quota specified in the immigrant visa,
(3) is a nonquota immigrant if specified as such in the immigrant visa,
(4) is of the proper status under the quota specified in the immigrant visa, and
(5) is otherwise admissible under this chapter.” (Emphasis added.)
It will be noted that here the phrase “otherwise admissible” refers to matters other than matters of quota status. Section 241(f) is in pari materia with section 211(a), and I think it can reasonably be said that the phrase “otherwise admissible” in section 241(f) also refers to disqualifications other than those relating to the quota. This construction, as the opinion of my Brother Ely indicates, gives some effect to section 241(f). Otherwise it appears that, as his opinion shows, section 241(f) could hardly ever, and perhaps never, be operative.