Published on: Saturday, March 20, 2021
An international student from Ghana comes to the United States on an F-1 visa, which allows him to stay in the country as long as he is enrolled in an approved educational institution. While enrolled in a Bible training school, he was charged with rape and was detained pretrial for 13 months until a jury acquits him of all charges. Government: Because you were not enrolled for those 13 months, we’re deporting you. Tenth Circuit: That’s fine. Bye.
The case is Awuku-Asare v. Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General, No. 19-9516 (10th Cir. Mar. 16, 2021).