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		<title>Holder v.  Carlos Martinez Gutierrez</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/05/21/holder-v-carlos-martinez-gutierrez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LPR Cancellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found the Board reasonably interpreted INA 240A(a) cancellation of removal to require that the respondent personally satisfy the requirements of 7 years of lawful residence and 5 years of permanent resident status. Since this was a reasonable interpretation of a statute that the Board is charged with administering, <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/05/21/holder-v-carlos-martinez-gutierrez/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Matter of Alfredo Diaz-Garcia</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/05/21/matter-of-alfredo-diaz-garcia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggravated Felony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this case, the government unlawfully removed the respondent before the removal order was administratively final, i.e., while the case was on direct appeal to the Board. The regulations provide that a removal order shall not be executed during the period for filing an appeal to the Board (unless appeal is waived) or while the <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/05/21/matter-of-alfredo-diaz-garcia/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Matter of E.W. Rodriguez</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/05/18/matter-of-e-w-rodriguez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[212(h)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three circuit courts, the Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh, have held that the unambiguous language of section 212(h) mandates that conviction of an aggravated felony only disqualifies a permanent resident from a 212(h) waiver if the conviction occurs after admission of the alien as a permanent resident after inspection at a port of entry. In this <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/05/18/matter-of-e-w-rodriguez/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marco Antonio Robles-Urrea v. Holder</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/26/robles-urrea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Categorical Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime Involving Moral Turpitude]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ninth Circuit rejected the Board of Immigration Appeals&#8217; published opinion in this case, Matter of Robles-Urrea, 24 I&#038;N Dec. 22 (BIA 2006), and held that misprision of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4 is not categorically a crime involving moral turpitude. The Ninth Circuit found the Board&#8217;s analysis was conclusory and <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/26/robles-urrea/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>M-W-</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/11/m-w/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggravated Felony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Board held that a second degree murder conviction under a Michigan statute that did not require intent to kill is categorically an aggravated felony &#8220;murder&#8221; conviction, 8 USC 1101(a)(43)(A). The noncitizen killed two persons in an automobile collision where he was driving under the influence of alcohol. He pled no contest to second degree <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/11/m-w/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Khalil-Salim Arbid v. Holder</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/05/khalil-salim-arbid-v-holder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Particularly Serious Crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ninth Circuit held that the decision as to whether a conviction is a &#8220;particularly serious crime&#8221; to bar asylum and withholding of removal is an inherently discretionary decision. Thus, the court will review a finding by the Board of Immigration Appeals that an offense is a particularly serious crime for abuse of discretion. The <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/05/khalil-salim-arbid-v-holder/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Na Peng v. Holder</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/05/an-na-peng-v-holder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[212(c)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[212(h)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9th Circuit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://immigrantpleas.com/b/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This decision extends the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in INS v. St. Cyr, which held that permanent residents who pled guilty to a removable offense prior to Congress&#8217; enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) in 1996 remained eligible for discretionary relief from removal under former section 212(c) even though IIRAIRA repealed <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/05/an-na-peng-v-holder/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Panagis Vartelas v. Holder</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/05/panagis-vartelas-v-holder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admission to U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime Involving Moral Turpitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court held that a permanent resident who pled guilty to a crime involving moral turpitude before the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 still benefits from the Supreme Court&#8217;s 1963 decision in Fleuti, which provides he would not be considered to be &#8220;seeking entry&#8221; after a innocent, casual, and <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/04/05/panagis-vartelas-v-holder/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Matter of Roderick B. Lanferman</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/03/13/matter-of-roderick-b-lanferman/</link>
		<comments>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/03/13/matter-of-roderick-b-lanferman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Categorical Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms Offenses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://immigrantpleas.com/b/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Second Circuit remanded the removal order in Lanferman to the Board for an opinion on whether (A) a criminal offense must have discrete subsections or clauses to be divisible (thus triggering the modified categorical approach to determining removability or ineligibility for relief from removal) or (B) a criminal offense is divisible regardless of the <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/03/13/matter-of-roderick-b-lanferman/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avinesh Anand Rohit v. Holder</title>
		<link>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/03/01/avinesh-anand-rohit-v-holder/</link>
		<comments>http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/03/01/avinesh-anand-rohit-v-holder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime Involving Moral Turpitude]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ninth Circuit held that a conviction under California Penal Code § 647(b) for soliciting an act of prostitution is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude. (The opening paragraph of the decision is misleading, since the body of the opinion makes clear the petitioner is challenging whether he is deportable for two crimes involving moral <a href='http://immigrantpleas.com/b/2012/03/01/avinesh-anand-rohit-v-holder/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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