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Immigration Consequences For Criminal Matters
What are the immigration consequences of criminality, generally.
Immigration Consequences
Matter of Alday-Dominguez, 27 I&N Dec. 48 (BIA 2017)Receiving stolen property under section 496(a) of the California Penal Code was categorically an aggravated felony theft offense under section 101(a)(43)(G) of the INA,On June 1, 2017, the Board of Immigratio...
Asporation of Stolen Property is Aggravated Felony Theft
Asporation of Stolen Property is AFThis is not specific to the California statute. Definition of “Asportation”The Board uses the term “asportation” in its decision. Because this term is uncommon outside of the legal context, we will provide a definition for th...
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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...