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NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT A NTA THAT LACKS TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING STILL CONFERS JURISDICTION ON THE IMMIGRATION COURT – Pereira Does not Apply

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The Ninth Circuit issued its Pereira decision this week and I, for one, am very disappointed.  I expected better from the Ninth.  The Ninth Circuit basically allows the Department of Justice to regulate away the applicable statute under the guise Continue reading NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT A NTA THAT LACKS TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING STILL CONFERS JURISDICTION ON THE IMMIGRATION COURT – Pereira Does not Apply→

CIMTs ARE NOT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE; AND A NONCITIZEN’S SIGNATURE ON AN IMMIGRATION FORM CREATES A PRESUMPTION THAT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS ON THE FORM; PLUS MORE PEREIRA

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This past week the Ninth Circuit held (once again) that crimes involving moral turpitude (CIMTs) are not unconstitutionally vague and that a finding that a crime was a CIMT was not impermissibly retroactive.  The BIA held that noncitizens are generally Continue reading CIMTs ARE NOT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE; AND A NONCITIZEN’S SIGNATURE ON AN IMMIGRATION FORM CREATES A PRESUMPTION THAT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS ON THE FORM; PLUS MORE PEREIRA→