Holding that when the record is "replete with evidence of petitioner's guilt," a petitioner is precluded from showing that there is a reasonable probability that but for counsel's errors the result of the proceeding would have been different
Holding that because deportation is merely a collateral consequence of criminal conviction, there is no federal constitutional right to be warned of it
Holding that immigration consequences — deportation — of a criminal conviction are collateral consequences because "the consequence in issue `was not the sentence of the court which accepted the plea but of another agency over which the trial judge has no control and for which he has no responsibility'"
Stating that "[w]e presume that the Supreme Court meant what it said when it used the word ' direct'; by doing so, it excluded collateral consequences"
Holding that due process does not require allowing a petitioner to "collaterally attack the legitimacy of state criminal conviction[] in deportation proceeding[]"
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. § 1253 Cited 1,132 times 3 Legal Analyses
Establishing an exception to withholding for a dangerous alien who has been convicted of a "particularly serious crime," defined to include an "aggravated felony"