Legal Opinion
Miguel Quezada-Luna v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2006No. 05-2186PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Miguel Quezada-Luna is a native and citizen of Mexico who became a lawful permanent resident of the United States in 1997. In March 2003 he was convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm, 720 ILCS 5/24-1.2(a)(1). Based on that conviction, an immigration judge found Quezada-Luna removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2), reasoning that the crime was both a firearm offense, see 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(C), and an aggravated felony, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). On appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals, Quezada-Luna conceded removability but argued that his offense was not…
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