Compton James Richards v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1977-03-18

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SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge: With exceptions not relevant here, Section 248 of the Immigration and Nationality Act empowers the Attorney General to authorize changes in nonimmigrant classifications of aliens lawfully admitted to, and lawfully continuing in, the United States as nonimmigrants. 1 That fun…

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