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§1227. Deportable aliens8 USC 1227: Deportable aliens: Text contains those laws in effect on March 16, 2025From Title 8-ALIENS AND NATIONALITYCHAPTER 12-IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITYSUBCHAPTER II-IMMIGRATIONPart IV-Inspection, Apprehension, Examination, Exclus...

I. How Immigration Law Evaluates California Sentences A. When does the length of an imposed sentence matter for immigration purposes? See also Chart 3 in Part VII, below, which summarizes how sentences cause immigration penalties. Aggravated felonies. The most...

Matter of Carlos Manuel BAEZA-GALINDO, 29 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2025)The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has narrowed the instances in which two crimes involving moral turpitude will be considered part of the same scheme. The BIA has said that crimes that immedi...

Theft & Intent to Permanently DepriveA theft offense must include a permanent intent to deprive a victim of property which cannot be assumed. The Board of Immigration Appeals has overruled its decision in Matter of Jurado, which assumed that retail theft in Pe...

Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir March 3, 2025)An LPR that is returning to the US after traveling abroad cannot be treated as seeking admission and paroled into the US based on a pending charge of a CIMT. The Second Circuit issued this decision on March 3, 20...

Peguero Vasquez v. Garland, No. 21-6380 (2d Cir. 2023)The Second Circuit said it can't apply retroactively even though the law says it applies retroactively. I. BackgroundUnder 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(i) —  which is Section 237(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration ...