Jaime Salvador Flores-Arellano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Jaime Salvador Flores-Arellano challenges the finding that he is deportable on the basis of a misdemeanor state conviction of being under the influence of amphetamine/methamphetamine. Because we conclude that section 241(a)(2)(B)® of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 . U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(B)®, plainly reaches under-the-influenee convictions for controlled substances other than marijuana, we deny Flores’ petition for review.

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Flores, now 29 years old, entered the United States as a permanent resident on April 16,1990. Although this is the official date of his…