Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 28, 2011No. 09-4390PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Jorge Garcia faces removal to Mexico, his home country. Although he applied for cancellation of removal, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) determined that he is ineligible for this relief because his state drug conviction for the attempted possession of marihuana with the intent to deliver the drug constitutes an “aggravated felony” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The BIA ruled that his state conviction is an aggravated felony because it corresponds to a felony drug crime under federal law. Garcia challenges the BIA’s…
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- United States v. Mark Henry VincentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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