The following excerpt is from Paredes-Urrestarazu v. U.S. I.N.S., 22 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 1994):
6 Although the courts are the "final arbiters of statutory interpretation," we recognize that an "agency's construction of a statute that it is charged with administering is entitled to some deference." Purba v. INS, 884 F.2d 516, 517 (9th Cir.1989).
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