Holding that the BIA could reasonably determine that a conviction was vacated to allow a petitioner to avoid immigration consequences where a state prosecutor's letter stipulating the terms of a settlement agreement explicitly stated that the petitioner's scheduled deportation was a reason for the state's support for vacating the conviction
Holding that a prior decision that had addressed a conviction vacated for a "rehabilitative" reason was not binding in a factual scenario where a conviction had been vacated because of a defect such as a violation of a constitutional right
In Nath, we required the government to show why the state court vacated a conviction because the government relied on that conviction as the basis of removal.
Holding that Texas hit and run law qualifies as a CIMT, as "the failure to stop and render aid after being involved in an automobile accident is the type of base behavior that reflects moral turpitude"
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,700 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
8 U.S.C. § 1229b Cited 5,203 times 24 Legal Analyses
Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”