Brian D. Lerner Immigration Attorney & Deportation Lawyer Blog

1. The Fourth Circuit upheld the BIA and the IJ’s determination that the petitioner’s aggravated felony conviction for a drug trafficking crime, for which the petitioner received a sentence of five years’ imprisonment, was per se a particularly serious crime under INA §241(b)(3)(B). The court thus found that the petitioner was ineligible for withholding of removal.

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Serious crime and immigration

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BIA deference given to particularly serious crime

Filed under: Applications for Withholding of Removal | Tagged: Drug Trafficking, Immigration, Immigration Attorney, Immigration Lawyer, particularly serious crime, withholding of removal |