Speech #930091839

Section 241(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act addresses itself to the inapplicability of the provisions of the section to the deportation of an alien excludable at the time of entry as an alien who sought to procure or procured a visa or other documentation. or entry to the United States by fraud or misrepresentation but who was otherwise admissible at the time of entry. and who is the spouse. parent. or child of a U.S. citizen or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Both section 212(i) and section 241(f) were added to the Immigration and Nationality Act by the Act of September 26. 1961 (75 Stat. 655). Section 241(f) is a companion section to section 212(1). and reads: The provisions of this section relating to the deportation of aliens within the United States on the ground that they were excludable at the time of entry as aliens who have sought to procure. or have procured visas or other documentation. or entry into the United States by fraud or misrepresentation shall not apply to an alien otherwise admissible at the time of entry who is the spouse. parent. or a child of a United States citizen or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Errico. 385 U.S. 214 (1966). involved a native of Italy. who. in 1959. falsely represented to the immigration authorities that he was a skilled mechanic with specialized experience in repairing foreign automobiles. This was done to evade the then applicable quota restrictions. A U.S. citizen child was born to the Erricos in 1960. Scott. aka Plummer v. Immigration and Naturalization Service. No. 91. was also decided in I.N.S. v. Errico. supra.