Matter of Hranka

This is an appeal from a decision of the District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Detroit, Michigan, dated August 9, 1977, denying the applicant's request for advance permission to enter the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor pursuant to section 212(d)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, S U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B). The appeal will be sustained. The applicant is a 25-year-old native and citizen of Canada who is inadmissible to the United States because she was previously deported for having engaged in prostitution. See section 212(a)(12) of the Act, S U.S.C. 1182(aX12). Regardless of the fact that she is otherwise inadmissible, a nonimmi- grant may be admitted into the United States temporarily in the discre- tion of the Attorney General. Congress provided for this procedure because it recognized that there are cases where the temporary admis- sion of otherwise inadmissible aliens is desirable for humane reasons or for reasons of public interest.' The District Director denied the application for a waiver of inadrnissi-

这是对密歇根州底特律移民和归化局地区局长于1977年8月9日作出的决定提出的上诉，该决定拒绝了申请人依据《移民和国籍法》第212(d)(3)(B)条、S U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)提出的以非移民访客身份进入美国的事先许可请求。上诉将获支持。 申请人是25岁的加拿大本地人和公民，因此前从事卖淫而被驱逐出境，故不可入境美国。见该法第212(a)(12)条、S U.S.C. 1182(a)(12)。 尽管她在其他方面不可入境，但非移民可以在司法部长酌情决定下临时获准进入美国。国会规定了这一程序，因为其认识到存在出于人道理由或公共利益理由而宜于临时准入在其他方面不可入境的外国人的情形。' 地区局长拒绝了不可入境性豁免申请，

bility for two reasons. He concluded that insufficient time had elapsed since the applicant's deportation to permit a determination that she had been rehabilitated. He also found that there were no "compelling humanitarian . . . circumstances involved" in the applicant's desire to enter the United States. The evidence in the record convinces us that the applicant has been rehabilitated. She was deported in April 1975. Her United States citizen mother informs tis that the applicant has been holding down two jobs since September 1976, working between 60 and 70 hours a week. The applicant's mother also stated that her daughter had always been well-behaved until the time she began living with a certain man in Detroit. This man had a very negative influence upon her. She began using heroin and engaged in occasional acts of prostitution. She has had no contact at all with this man since June 1976, and has resumed living with her parents in Windsor, Ontario. The statements of the applicant's mother impress us as being sincere and truthful. They are supported by a letter from the principal of the high school which the applicant attended. This man is a psychologist and a close friend of the applicant's family. The applicant's reasons for desiring to enter the United St ates occa- sionally are stated by her mother as follows:

基于两个理由。他认定，自申请人被驱逐出境以来经过的时间不足以允许认定其已获改造。他还认定，申请人希望进入美国的愿望中不涉及"令人信服的人道……情形"。 记录中的证据使我们确信申请人已获改造。她于1975年4月被驱逐出境。她的美国公民母亲告知我们，申请人自1976年9月起一直同时从事两份工作，每周工作60至70小时。申请人的母亲还表示，她的女儿在开始与底特律某男子同居之前一直行为良好。该男子对她产生了非常负面的影响。她开始使用海洛因并偶尔从事卖淫行为。自1976年6月起，她与该男子完全没有任何接触，并已恢复与其父母同住在安大略省温莎市。 申请人母亲的陈述给我们留下的印象是真诚且真实的。这些陈述得到申请人所就读高中校长来信的支持。该男子是一名心理学家，也是申请人家庭的密友。 申请人希望偶尔进入美国的理由由其母亲陈述如下：

It is true that these reasons for wanting to enter the United States cannot be fairly characterized as "compelling." However, there is no requirement that the applicant's reasons for wishing to enter the United States be "compelling." In deciding whether or not to grant an application under section 212(d)(3)(B), there are - essentially three factors which we weigh to- gether. The first is the risk of harm to society if the applicant is admitted. The second is the seriousness of the applicant's prior immi- gration law, or criminal law, violations, if any The third factor is the nature of the applicant's reasons for wishing to enter the United States. Iii this case, the risk of harm to American society if the applicant is allowed to enter is very small. The applicant has no other criminal or immigration law violations. The fact that she has many close relatives Irving in Detroit is substantial reason for desiring a waiver. Balancing the three factors, we conclude that the requested -waiver should be granted.

诚然，这些希望进入美国的理由不能公正地被定性为"令人信服"。然而，并不要求申请人希望进入美国的理由必须"令人信服"。 在决定是否批准第212(d)(3)(B)条项下的申请时，我们基本上权衡三个因素。第一是如果申请人被准入，对社会造成损害的风险。第二是申请人先前移民法或刑法违规行为（如有）的严重性。第三个因素是申请人希望进入美国的理由的性质。在本案中，如果申请人获准进入，对美国社会造成损害的风险非常小。申请人没有其他刑事或移民法违规行为。她有许多近亲属居住在底特律这一事实，是希望获得豁免的实质性理由。权衡这三个因素，我们得出结论，所请求的豁免应予批准。