It’s Futile to Try to Change the Future by Changing Your Past – At Least in Immigration Law

This week the Ninth Circuit held that to determine the immigration effect of a criminal conviction the adjudicator must consider the statute at the time of the conviction. Remember The Great Gatsby from high school? Remember how Jay Gatsby desperately Continue reading It’s Futile to Try to Change the Future by Changing Your Past – At Least in Immigration Law

A CONVICTION FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY IS CATEGORICALLY A CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE

The Ninth Circuit has deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) holding that a conviction for animal cruelty is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT). Ortega-Lopez v. Barr, No. 18-72441 (9th Cir. Oct. 20, 2020). Of even more Continue reading A CONVICTION FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY IS CATEGORICALLY A CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE