Legal Opinion
Pablo Mejia-Castanon v. Attorney General United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 25, 2019No. 17-2901PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScirica, Circuit Judge
Aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and ordered removed may apply for cancellation of that removal if they, among other things, have maintained a continuous physical presence in the United States for at least ten years and have been a person of good moral character for such period. Congress modified the calculation of the physical presence requirement when it amended the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1996: Under the "stop-time rule," the physical presence period ends when the Department of Homeland Security serves the alien with a notice to appear. 1 As a result,…
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