Tim Lok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• holding that the Board is not bound by immigration judge's conclusions but rather has plenary power to review the record de nova and to make its own independent determinations on questions of law and fact
• appellant lived in the United States for 23 years, eleven of them under deportation orders
• once a deportation order is not timely challenged on its merits, the alien who is subject to the order resides in the United States as a matter of grace, not law
• no accrual of time while awaiting discretionary relief

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