DILLA

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 54

Syllabus

DILLA, 19 I&N Dec. 54 (BIA 1984) ID 2962 (PDF) The Supreme Court of the United States has recently held that the 7 years' continuous physical presence requirement of section 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1254(a)(1)(1982), was meant by Congress to be administered as written accordingly, in an application for suspension of deportation, an alien must establish, inter alia, that he has been physically present in the United States without interruption for a period of 7 years before he is statutorily eligible for that relief. Matter of Herrera, 18 I&N Dec. 4 (BIA 1981) and Matter of Wong, 12 I&N Dec. 271 (BIA 1967), overruled.