HERNANDEZ-CASILLAS

Citations

• 20 I. & N. Dec. 262

Syllabus

HERNANDEZ-CASILLAS, 20 I&N Dec. 262(BIA 1991) ID 3147 (PDF) (1) In a case referredto him for review under 8 C.F.R. § 3.1(h) (1990), the Attorney Generaldisapproves the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals holding thata waiver of inadmissibility under section 212(c) of the Immigration andNationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1988), should be available toaliens deportable under any ground of deportation except those where thereis a comparable ground of exclusion which has been specifically exemptedfrom section 212(c). (2) The Attorney Generalconcludes that a lawful permanent resident of the United States, who hasbeen found deportable under section 241(a)(2) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. §1251(a)(2) (1988), for entry without inspection, is ineligible for a waiverunder section 212(c) of the Act because there is no ground of exclusionwhich is comparable to the entry without inspection ground of deportation.