the United States of aliens who have lived here for a long time and whose exclusion ... would result in peculiar or unusual hardship.”); Castillo-Felix v. INS, 601 F.2d 459, 465 (9th Cir.1979); Lok v. INS, 548 F.2d 37, 41 (2d Cir.1977) (Lok II); Mark A. Hall, Comment, Lawful Domicile Under Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 47 U.Chi. L.Rev. 771, 791 (1980). Several courts have applied the commonly used definition of domicile to section 212(c). Lok v. INS, 681 F.2d 107, 109 (2d Cir.1982) (Lok III), aff'g, 18 I & N Dec. 101, 108 (BIA 1981); Anwo v. INS, 607 F.2d 435, 437 (D.C.Cir.1979); Castillo-Felix, 601 F.2d at 464; see 2 Charles Gordon & Stanley Mailman, Immigration Law & Procedure § 74.02[3][b], at 74-77 (rev. ed. 1992); see also Carrasco-Favela, 563 F.2d at 1222 (<HOLDING>) (citing, inter alia, Mas, 489 F.2d at 1399).
holding that whether alien abandoned domicile for purposes of section 212c turns on whether alien intended to remain elsewhere indefinitely recognizing burden is on alien when alien is removable holding that an alien who entered this country illegally from mexico could establish domicile holding that iirira and aedpa are not applicable to criminal alien who entered a guilty plea at a time when alien was eligible for  212c relief holding that notice to an alien at the most recent address provided by the alien is legally sufficient