Legal Opinion
Pina v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 12, 2008No. 07-2311PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) charged petitioner Ruben Jorge Monteiro Pina (“Pina”) with removability pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony after admission. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) determined that Pina had automatically acquired United States citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (“CCA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1431, and ordered the removal proceedings terminated. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) determined that Pina was not a U.S. citizen because the requirements of the CCA had not been…
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