Darif v. Holder, No. 12-1050 (7th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDarif, a citizen of Morocco, married Kirklin, a U.S. citizen and by virtue of the marriage was admitted into the U.S. as a conditional permanent resident in 2001. It was later determined that he had paid $3000 for the marriage and Darif was convicted of marriage fraud and related charges, and DHS initiated removal proceeding. An immigration judge found Darif removable and rejected all arguments for relief. The BIA and Seventh Circuit denied relief. The court stated that it lacked jurisdiction to review his claims of entitlement to an extreme-hardship waiver pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4) and that the IJ was biased and otherwise denied him a full and fair hearing. The determination of extreme hardship was a discretionary decision and Darif’s due-process argument could not succeed because an alien has no protected liberty interest in discretionary immigration relief. Even if the due-process claim was considered as a challenge to the legal sufficiency of Darif’s hearing under the governing, he was not prejudiced because the BIA gave his hardship claim plenary and independent consideration.
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