RUSIN

Citations

• 20 I. & N. Dec. 128

Syllabus

RUSIN, 20 I&N Dec. 128 (BIA1989) ID 3123 (PDF) A respondent in deportationproceedings who seeks to adjust her status to that of a lawful permanentresident is not statutorily precluded from doing so by virtue of her formermembership in a Communist organization where she can establish that herassociation in that organization was not meaningful or that her membershipwas involuntary or that she otherwise comes within one of the specifiedexceptions set forth in section 212(a)(28)(I)(i) of the Immigration andNationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(28)(I)(i) (1982).