A Review of Ninth Circuit and BIA Decisions by Merle D. Kahn, Esq.
“It is time to recognize another failed enterprise.” Islas-Veloz v. Whitaker, No. 15-73120, slip op. at *27 (9th Cir. Feb. 4, 2019) (Fletcher, J., concurring). You might be wondering what the “failed enterprise” is to which Judge Fletcher is referring. Continue reading IS A NON-FRAUDULENT CIMT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE? SHOULD IT BE?
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