Immigration Review

Ep. 53 - Precedential Decisions from 4/26/2021 - 5/2/2021 (cancellation of removal; stop-time rule; statutory interpretation; pardons; former INA 212(c) relief; U-Visa waivers; controlled substance divisibility)

May 03, 2021
Immigration Review
Ep. 53 - Precedential Decisions from 4/26/2021 - 5/2/2021 (cancellation of removal; stop-time rule; statutory interpretation; pardons; former INA 212(c) relief; U-Visa waivers; controlled substance divisibility)
Show Notes Chapter Markers

[2:53] Niz-Chavez v. Garland, No. 19-863 (U.S. Apr. 29, 2021)

  • non-LPR cancellation of removal; stop-time rule; implication of the indefinite article “a”; statutory interpretation; Dictionary Act; motion to reopen; claims processing rule

 

[15:20] Tetteh v. Garland, No. 19-2357 (4th Cir. Apr. 27, 2021)

  •  pardons; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(vi); Georgia First Offender Act, Ga. Code Ann. § 42-8-60; former INA § 212(c); definition of conviction 

 

 [22:16] Jimenez-Rodriguez v. Garland, No. 19-2467 (4th Cir. Apr. 29, 2021)

  •  U-visa; waivers; Chenrey doctrine; IJ authority; INA § 212(d)(3)(A)(ii); regulatory interpretation; limits of expressio unius canon

 

[29:54] USA v. Figueroa-Beltran, No. 16-10388 (9th Cir. Apr. 27, 2021)

  • Nevada Revised Statute § 453.337; 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a); divisibility; drug trafficking; sentence enhancement




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Niz-Chavez v. Garland (U.S. Apr. 29, 2021)
Tetteh v. Garland (4th Cir. Apr. 27, 2021)
Jimenez-Rodriguez v. Garland (4th Cir. Apr. 29, 2021)
USA v. Figueroa-Beltran (9th Cir. Apr. 27, 2021)