Legal Opinion
Kai Tung Chan v. Mary Ann Gantner, Interim District Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Docket No. 05-4573-Cv
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 20, 2006No. 289PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant, Kai Tung Chan, appeals from a judgment entered on June 28, 2005, in the Southern District of New York (John E. Sprizzo, Judge), upholding a decision by the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) finding Chan ineligible for naturalization under 8 U.S.C. § 1427 because of a 1993 conviction for conspiracy to smuggle aliens, an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(N), (U). We hold that: (1) the amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that expanded the class of aggravated felonies to include Chan’s offense apply retroactively; (2) Chan is,…
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