Legal Opinion
Ricardo Lara-Ruiz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 6, 2001No. 99-2868PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Ricardo Lara-Ruiz (“Lara-Ruiz”) appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) which found him removable from the United States for committing the “aggravated felony” of “sexual abuse of a minor,” and statutorily ineligible for discretionary relief from removal. Lara-Ruiz argues that he did not commit sexual abuse of a minor under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(A), and that the application of the recently enacted provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) adding sexual abuse of a minor to the list of aggravated felonies and making Lara-Ruiz…
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