Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1984-10-26

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ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge: The sluggishness of immigration and judicial procedures makes it inevitable that changes in the lives of the people affected will occur while these processes move slowly along. An alien who was ordered deported four years ago when his citizen wife was expecting their first child seeks to avoid return to his native country on the ground that depor…

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