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Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions

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The cases below are the Board of Immigration Appeals' decisions published prior to September 12, 2002.

Date	Case Name	* Case Citation (click for summary)	Decision Number
XX/XX/2007	Matter of Martinez-Zapata	24 I&N Dec. 424 (BIA 2007)	3594
XX/XX/2007	Matter of Thomas	24 I&N Dec. 416 (BIA 2007)	3593
XX/XX/2007	Matter of Carachuri-Rosendo	24 I&N Dec. 382 (BIA 2007)	3592
11/29/2007	Matter of Lemus-Losa	24 I&N Dec. 373 (BIA 2007)	3591
11/29/2007	Matter of Briones	24 I&N Dec. 355 (BIA 2007)	3590
10/31/2007	Matter of C-W-L-	24 I&N Dec. 346 (BIA 2007)	3589
10/24/2007	Matter of N-A-M-	24 I&N Dec. 336 (BIA 2007)	3588
10/11/2007	Matter of Singh	24 I&N Dec. 331 (BIA 2007)	3587
10/04/2007	Matter of S-I-K-	24 I&N Dec. 324 (BIA 2007)	3586
09/28/2007	Matter of Babaisakov	24 I&N Dec. 306 (BIA 2007)	3585
09/27/2007	Matter of A-T-	24 I&N Dec. 296 (BIA 2007)	3584
09/26/2007	Matter of Jean-Joseph	24 I&N Dec. 294 (BIA 2007)	3583
09/26/2007	Matter of Krivonos	24 I&N Dec. 292 (BIA 2007)	3582
09/14/2007	Matter of S-K-	24 I&N Dec. 289 (A.G. 2007)	3581
09/13/2007	Matter of Shah	24 I&N Dec. 282 (BIA 2007)	3580
09/05/2007	Matter of A-K-	24 I&N Dec. 275 (BIA 2007)	3579
08/31/2007	Matter of Chaez-Martinez	24 I&N Dec. 272 (BIA 2007)	3578
08/15/2007	Matter of Riero & Espinol	24 I&N Dec. 267 (BIA 2007)	3577
08/09/2007	Matter of J-Y-C-	24 I&N Dec. 260 (BIA 2007)	3576
08/02/2007	Matter of S-Y-G-	24 I&N Dec. 247 (BIA 2007)	3575
07/25/2007	Matter of Solon	24 I&N Dec. 239 (BIA 2007)	3574
07/25/2007	Matter of Sejas	24 I&N Dec. 236 (BIA 2007)	3573
07/11/2007	Matter of Escobar	24 I&N Dec. 231 (BIA 2007)	3572
07/03/2007	Matter of R-D-	24 I&N Dec. 221 (BIA 2007)	3571
06/27/2007	Matter of Gonzalez-Silva	24 I&N Dec. 218 (BIA 2007)	3570
06/25/2007	Matter of J-B-N- & S-M-	24 I&N Dec. 208 (BIA 2007)	3569
06/19/2007	Matter of Abosi	24 I&N Dec. 204 (BIA 2007)	3568
06/07/2007	Matter of J-H-S-	24 I&N Dec. 196 (BIA 2007)	3567
06/07/2007	Matter of J-W-S-	24 I&N Dec. 185 (BIA 2007)	3566
05/31/2007	Matter of Garcia	24 I&N Dec. 179 (BIA 2007)	3565
05/09/2007	Matter of T-Z-	24 I&N Dec. 163 (BIA 2007)	3564
04/25/2007	Matter of Y-L-	24 I&N Dec. 151 (BIA 2007)	3563
04/23/2007	Matter of Tobar-Lobo	24 I&N Dec. 143 (BIA 2007)	3562
04/12/2007	Matter of M-D-	24 I&N Dec. 138 (BIA 2007)	3561
04/04/2007	Matter of K-R-Y and K-C-S-	24 I&N Dec. 133 (BIA 2007)	3560
04/02/2007	Matter of Kochlani	24 I&N Dec. 128 (BIA 2007)	3559
03/21/2007	Matter of Kotliar	24 I&N Dec. 124 (BIA 2007)	3558
03/19/2007	Matter of W-C-B-	24 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2007)	3557
03/14/2007	Matter of Gertsenshteyn	24 I&N Dec. 111 (BIA 2007)	3556
03/08/2007	Matter of Acosta Hidalgo	24 I&N Dec. 103 (BIA 2007)	3555
03/01/2007	Matter of Barrientos	24 I&N Dec. 100 (BIA 2007)	3554
02/22/2007	Matter of Tejwani	24 I&N Dec. 97 (BIA 2007)	3553
02/21/2007	Matter of Zmijewska	24 I&N Dec. 87 (BIA 2007)	3552
02/09/2007	Matter of Avila-Perez	24 I&N Dec. 78 (BIA 2007)	3551
01/31/2007	Matter of A-M-E & J-G-U	24 I&N Dec. 69 (BIA 2007)	3550
01/25/2007	Matter of Moncada	24 I&N Dec. 62 (BIA 2007)	3549
12/06/2006	Matter of O-S-G-	24 I&N Dec. 56 (BIA 2006)	3548
11/16/2006	Matter of Truong	24 I&N Dec. 52 (BIA 2006)	3547
11/15/2006	Matter of Diaz-Ruacho	24 I&N Dec. 47 (BIA 2006)	3546
11/02/2006	Matter of S-B-	24 I&N Dec. 42 (BIA 2006)	3545
09/28/2006	Matter of Guerra	24 I&N Dec. 37 (BIA 2006)	3544
09/28/2006	Matter of Jurado-Delgado	24 I&N Dec. 29 (BIA 2006)	3543
09/27/2006	Matter of Robles-Urrea	24 I&N Dec. 22 (BIA 2006)	3542
09/19/2006	Matter of S-L-L-	24 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2006)	3541
09/12/2006	Matter of Liadov	23 I&N Dec. 990 (BIA 2006)	3540
09/06/2006	Matter of Guang Li Fu	23 I&N Dec. 985 (BIA 2006)	3539
08/30/2006	Matter of O'Cealleagh	23 I&N Dec. 976 (BIA 2006)	3538
08/01/2006	Matter of Sanudo	23 I&N Dec. 968 (BIA 2006)	3537
06/29/2006	Matter of Rowe	23 I&N Dec. 962 (BIA 2006)	3536
06/15/2006	Matter of C-A-	23 I&N Dec. 951 (BIA 2006)	3535
06/08/2006	Matter of S-K-	23 I&N Dec. 936 (BIA 2006)	3534
05/25/2006	Matter of Wang	23 I&N Dec. 924 (BIA 2006)	3533
05/01/2006	Matter of J-F-F-	23 I&N Dec. 912 (BIA 2006)	3532
04/06/2006	Matter of Rodarte-Roman	23 I&N Dec. 905 (BIA 2006)	3531
03/23/2006	Matter of C-C-	23 I&N Dec. 899 (BIA 2006)	3530
03/23/2006	Matter of Olquin-Rufino	23 I&N Dec. 896 (BIA 2006)	3529
03/23/2006	Matter of Bautista Gomez	23 I&N Dec. 893 (BIA 2006)	3528
03/09/2006	Matter of Villarreal-Zuniga	23 I&N Dec. 886 (BIA 2006)	3527
02/23/2006	Matter of Alcantara-Perez	23 I&N Dec. 882 (BIA 2006)	3526
02/08/2006	Matter of Patryk Michal Adamiak	23 I&N Dec. 878 (BIA 2006)	3525
01/26/2006	Matter of Torres-Garcia	23 I&N Dec. 866 (BIA 2006)	3524
01/23/2006	Matter of V-F-D-	23 I&N Dec. 859 (BIA 2006	3523
11/18/2005	Matter of Cota-Vargas	23 I&N Dec. 849 (BIA 2005)	3522
11/15/2005	Matter of Ramos	23 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2005)	3521
11/10/2005	Matter of Smriko	23 I&N Dec. 836 (BIA 2005)	3520
10/28/2005	Matter of Perez Vargas	23 I&N Dec. 829 (BIA 2005)	3519
08/18/2005	Matter of E-L-H-	23 I&N Dec. 814 (BIA 2005)	3518
08/10/2005	Matter of Avilez-Nava	23 I&N Dec. 799 (BIA 2005)	3517
07/21/2005	Matter of Ortega-Cabrera	23 I&N Dec. 793 (BIA 2005)	3516
01/26/2005	Matter of A-H-	23 I&N Dec. 774 (A.G. 2005)	3515
06/07/2005	Matter of Brieva	23 I&N Dec. 766 (BIA 2005)	3514
06/06/2005	Matter of Shanu	23 I&N Dec. 754 (BIA 2005)	3513
05/18/2005	Matter of Lovo	23 I&N Dec. 746 (BIA 2005)	3512
05/09/2005	Matter of A-M-	23 I&N Dec. 737 (BIA 2005)	3511
05/04/2005	Matter of X-K-	23 I&N Dec. 731 (BIA 2005)	3510
04/06/2005	Matter of Blake	23 I&N Dec. 722 (BIA 2005)	3509
01/18/2005	Matter of Luviano-Rodriguez	23 I&N Dec. 718 (A.G. 2005)	3508
01/18/2005	Matter of Marroquin-Garcia	23 I&N Dec. 705 (A.G. 2005)	3507
12/01/2004	Matter of E-L-H	23 I&N Dec. 700 (A.G. 2004)	3506
03/09/2005	Matter of Azurin	23 I&N Dec. 695 (BIA 2005)	3505
01/19/2005	Matter of R-A-	23 I&N Dec. 694 (A.G. 2005)	3504
12/01/2004	Matter of C-Y-Z	23 I&N Dec. 693 (A.G. 2004)	3503
10/19/2004	Matter of Eslamizar	23 I&N Dec. 684 (BIA 2004)	3502
09/30/2004	Matter of L-K-	23 I&N Dec. 677 (BIA 2004)	3501
09/01/2004	Matter of Cisneros-Gonzalez	23 I&N Dec. 668 (BIA 2004)	3500
06/23/2004	Matter of K-A-	23 I&N Dec. 661 (BIA 2004)	3499
03/11/2004	Matter of Malta	23 I&N Dec. 656 (BIA 2004)	3498
02/05/2004	Matter of Vargas	23 I&N Dec. 651 (BIA 2004)	3497
09/25/2003	Matter of Gadda	23 I&N Dec. 645 (BIA 2003)	3496
08/04/2003	Matter of R-S-H-	23 I&N Dec. 629 (BIA 2003)	3495
07/01/2003	Matter of Suh	23 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 2003)	3494
06/11/2003	Matter of Pickering	23 I&N Dec. 621 (BIA 2003)	3493
05/22/2003	Matter of Y-T-L-	23 I&N Dec. 601 (BIA 2003)	3492
05/08/2003	Matter of Deando-Romo	23 I&N Dec. 591 (BIA 2003)	3491
05/08/2003	Matter of Garcia-Hernandez	23 I&N Dec. 590 (BIA 2003)	3490
04/29/2003	Matter of Navas-Acosta	23 I&N Dec. 586 (BIA 2003)	3489
04/17/2003	Matter of D-J-	23 I&N Dec. 572 (BIA 2003)	3488
02/12/2003	Matter of Assaad	23 I&N Dec. 553 (BIA 2003)	3487
01/08/2003	Matter of Koloamatangi	23 I&N Dec. 548 (BIA 2003)	3486
12/18/2002	Matter of M-D-	23 I&N Dec. 540 (BIA 2002)	3485
12/04/2002	Matter of Mejia-Andino	23 I&N Dec. 533 (BIA 2002)	3484
12/04/2002	Matter of Gomez-Gomez	23 I&N Dec. 522 (BIA 2002)	3483
10/31/2002	Matter of Elgendi	23 I&N Dec. 515 (BIA 2002)	3482
09/26/2002	Matter of Martin	23 I&N Dec. 491 (BIA 2002)	3481
09/24/2002	Matter of M-B-A-	23 I&N Dec. 474 (BIA 2002)	3480
09/19/2002	Matter of Recinas	23 I&N Dec. 467 (BIA 2002)	3479
09/12/2002	Mater of S-H-	23 I&N Dec. 462 (BIA 2002)	3478
06/10/2002	Matter of Blancas-Lara	23 I&N Dec. 458 (BIA 2002)	3477
06/04/2002	Matter of Small	23 I&N Dec. 448 (BIA 2002)	3476
05/29/2002	Matter of Romalez-Alcaide	23 I&N Dec. 423 (BIA 2002)	3475
05/14/2002	Matter of Santos-Lopez	23 I&N Dec. 419 (BIA 2002)	3474
05/13/2002	Matter of Yanez	23 I&N Dec. 390 (BIA 2002)	3473
05/02/2002	Matter of Jean	23 I&N Dec. 373 (BIA 2002)	3472
05/02/2002	Matter of G-A-	23 I&N Dec. 366 (BIA 2002)	3471
04/10/2002	Matter of G-C-L-	23 I&N Dec. 359 (BIA 2002)	3470
04/05/2002	Matter of U-H-	23 I&N Dec. 355 (BIA 2002)	3469
04/04/2002	Matter of Ramos	23 I&N Dec. 336 (BIA 2002)	3468
04/03/2002	Matter of Andazola-Rivas	23 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2002)	3467
03/22/2002	Matter of J-E-	23 I&N Dec. 291 (BIA 2002)	3466
03/11/2002	Matter of Y-C-	23 I&N Dec. 286 (BIA 2002)	3465
	Matter of Y-L-, A-G-, & R-S-R-		3464
	Matter of Velarde-Pacheco		3463
	Matter of Salazar-Regino		3462
	Matter of Vasquez-Muniz		3461
	Matter of Javier Sotelo-Sotelo		3460
	Matter of Moraga		3459
	Matter of G-Y-R-		3458
	Matter of Robin Juraine Crammond		3457
	Matter of Martinez-Recinos		3456
	Matter of Min Song		3455
	Matter of Rodriguez-Tejedor		3454
	Matter of Olivares-Martinez		3453
	Matter of Finnair Flight AY103		3452
	Matter of Rojas		3451
	Matter of Artigas		3450
	Matter of Torres-Varela		3449
	Matter of Patino		3448
	Matter of Monreal-Aguinaga		3447
	Matter of Bing Chih Kao, Mei Tsui Lin		3446
	Matter of Herrera		3445
	Matter of Northwest Airlines Flight NW1821		3444
	Matter of Crammond		3443
	Matter of Goolcharan		3442
	Matter of Oparah		3441
	Matter of Vasquez-Muniz		3440
	Matter of Davis		3439
	Matter of West		3438
	Matter of Bahta		3437
	Matter of Rodriguez-Ruiz		3436
	Matter of Devison		3435
	Matter of V-Z-S		3434
	Matter of S-A-		3433
	Matter of Perez		3431
	Matter of Rodriguez-Diaz		3430
	Matter of S-V-		3429
	Matter of Ocampo - Uglade		3428
	Matter of Campos-Torres		3427
	Matter of Saelee		3426
	Matter of Mendoza-Sandino		3425
	Matter of Beckford		3424
	Matter of Kanga		3423
	Matter of Lopez-Meza		3422
	Matter of K-V-D-		3421
	Matter of Minkova		3420
	Matter of Cruz-Garcia		3419
	Matter of Hassan Masri		3418
	Matter of G-D-		3417
	Matter of Adeniji		3416
	Matter of Truong		3415
	Matter of N-J-B-		3414
	Matter of H-N-		3413
	Matter of Rodriguez-Carillo		3412
	Matter of Puente		3411
	Matter of Rodriguez-Rodriguez		3410
	Matter of Aldabesheh		3409
	Matter of L-V-K-		3408
	Matter of Cordova		3407
	Matter of Kanagasundrm		3406
	Matter of A-N- & R-M-N-		3405
	Matter of Ajami		3404
	Matter of Susma		3403
	Matter of R-A-		3402
	Matter of Espinoza-Gonzalez		3401
	Matter of Ruiz-Massieu		3400
	Matter of Arguelles-Campos		3399
	Matter of Joseph		3398
	Matter of Ponce-Hernandez		3397
	Matter of United Airlines Flight UA802		3396
	Matter of Jorge Luis-Rodriguez		3395
	Matter of H-A-		3394
	Matter of Ulloa		3393
	Matter of Ana Dolores Guzman-Arguera		3392
	Matter of Florencio Alvarado-Alvino		3391
	Matter of Edward Paul Sweetser		3390
	Matter of Cristobal Perez		3389
	Matter of Air India Airlines Flight No. AI 101		3388
	Matter of Samuel Joseph		3387
	Matter of L-S-		3386
	Matter of Sergio Nolasco-Tofino		3385
	Matter of Sara Ofelia Rosas-Ramirez		3384
	Matter of Henry Stowers		3383
	Matter of L-V-C-		3382
	Matter of N-B-		3381
	Matter of Luis Felipe Cervantes-Gonzalez		3380
	Matter of Basil Uzoma Onyido		3379
	Matter of Tanessia Amelia Pagan		3378
	Matter of Mauro Roldan-Santoyo		3377
	Matter of Filiberto Ruiz-Romero		3376
	Matter of A-P-		3375
	Matter of S-S-		3374
	Matter of Gonzalo Palacios-Pinera		3373
	Matter of Lumen Berina Tijam		3372
	Matter of Pablo Ayala-Arevalo		3371
	Matter of Robert A. Lettman		3370
	Matter of M-S-		3369
	Matter of N-M-A-		3368
	Matter of B-B- et al.		3367
	Matter of G-N-C-		3366
	Matter of H-M-V		3365
	Matter of Mark Gerald Punu		3364
	Matter of NY State Dept. of Transportation		3363
	Matter of Ho		3362
	Matter of Hsiung		3361
	Matter of Izummi		3360
	Matter of Soffici		3359
	Matter of Emida Elizabeth Casillas		3358
	Matter of A-A-		3357
	Matter of Guo Yu Lei		3356
	Matter of S-O-S-		3355
	Matter of G-A-C-		3354
	Matter of Mancera-Monroy		3353
	Matter of X-G-W-		3352
	Matter of Kwun Yu Ma		3351
05/20/1998	Matter of B-A-S-	22 I&N Dec. 57 (BIA 1998)	3350
05/20/1998	Matter of S-M-	22 I&N Dec. 49 (BIA 1998)	3349
05/20/1998	Matter of J-P	22 I&N Dec. 33 (BIA 1998)	3348
05/04/1998	Matter of Torres	22 I&N Dec. 28 (BIA 1998)	3347
04/02/1998	Matter of O-Z-& I-Z	22 I&N Dec. 23 (BIA 1998)	3346
01/30/1998	Matter of E-L-H-	22 I&N Dec. 21 (BIA 1998)	3345
03/25/1998	Matter of Oseiwusu	22 I&N Dec. 19 (BIA 1998)	3344
03/24/1998	Matter of Lopez	22 I&N Dec. 16 (BIA 1998)	3343
02/12/1998	Matter of C-V-T-	22 I&N Dec. 7 (BIA 1998)	3342
03/19/1998	Matter of Magallanes	22 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 1998)	3341