MANGASER

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 28

Syllabus

MANGASER, 19 I&N Dec. 28 (BIA 1984) ID 2957 (PDF) Under the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981, Pub. L. No. 97-116, 95 Stat. 1611, a nonimmigrant exchange alien (as defined in section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101(a)(15)(J)(1982)), is barred by section 244(f)(2) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1254(f)(2)(1982), from eligibility for suspension of deportation regardless of whether or not he is subject to or has fulfilled the 2-year foreign residence requirement of section 212(e) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182(e)(1982). Matter of Pereyra, 16 I&N Dec. 590 (BIA 1978), superseded.