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Type
Opinion
Author
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Filed
Sept. 18, 2018
Case
Wissam Al-Saka v. Jefferson Sessions
Case status
Decided

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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Wissam Ibrahim Al-Saka received permanent residency on the condition that he remain married to Hanadi Hashem, a U.S. citizen, for at least two years. He ran afoul of that condition when Michigan annulled the marriage months after he arrived here. The immigration authorities refused to waive the condition, found that Al-Saka and Hashem did not marry in good faith,…

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