The following excerpt is from Senica v. I.N.S., 16 F.3d 1013 (9th Cir. 1994):
The agency's interpretation of the statutes it administers is entitled to deference and "should be accepted unless demonstrably irrational or clearly contrary to the plain and sensible meaning of the statute." Olivares v. I.N.S., 685 F.2d 1174, 1177 (9th Cir.1982). Such is not the case here.
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