Is a criminal conviction a crime of violence and therefore an aggravated felony rendering an alien removable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Teposte v. Holder, 623 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir. 2010):
We review de novo whether a criminal conviction is a crime of violence and therefore an aggravated felony rendering an alien removable. Suazo Perez v. Mukasey, 512 F.3d 1222, 1225 (9th Cir.2008). The BIA is not charged with administering 18 U.S.C. 16 and its interpretation
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of that statute gains no deference. Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 466 F.3d 1121, 1126 n. 7 (9th Cir.2006) (en banc) (citing Oyebanji v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 260, 262 (3d Cir.2005)).
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