Is the Attorney General's discretionary power to deny parole to an unadmitted alien reviewed for abuse of discretion?

Discretion vested by statute in agents of the federal government is rarely, if ever, entirely free of judicial review for abuse. That discretionary power is not absolute power is fundamental to our constitutional form of government. The discretionary power to parole unadmitted aliens granted by statute to the Attorney General, and delegated by him to INS District Directors, is broad, but it is not without limits. See Mayet Palma v. Verdeyen, 676 F.2d 100 at 105 (4th Cir. 1982) (Attorney General's denial of parole to an unadmitted alien reviewed for abuse of discretion). ⁹ In

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