Matter of Andazola-Rivas
23 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2002)
2002
Holding
Exceptional and extremely unusual hardship requires hardship substantially beyond the ordinary hardship expected when a person who has lived in the U.S. for a long time and has family here is removed; financial and social disruption alone is insufficient.
Practitioner Note
Defines the high threshold for hardship. Frequently cited as establishing that hardship must be 'substantially different from or beyond that which would normally be expected from the deportation of an alien with close family ties.'
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