Ninth Circuit· 10/28/2010

Valadez-Munoz v. Holder

Citations

623 F.3d 1304
2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 22423
2010 WL 4241586

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noting that unlike the corresponding criminal provision, which “requires the representation to be both false and willful,” section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) “only requires falsity”
stating that “when a person supposedly recants only when confronted with evidence of his prevarication, the amelioration [for recantation] is not available”
observing that there is a distinction between making a false claim to citizenship to local police and border patrol agents and noting that the latter misrepresentation may allow an alien to avoid inspection and “enter [the United States] without difficulty”
presentation of a false birth certificate in order to gain admission into the United States
whére an applicant made the retraction only after being confronted with evidence of misrepresentation, the applicant cannot take advantage of the timely recantation doctrine
“It should be noted that the criminal statute requires the representation to be both false and willful, while [§ 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)] only requires falsity.”

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Judges: Fernandez, Silverman, Duffy

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