Legal Opinion
Waling Choizilme v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2018No. 15-13845PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Waling Choizilme, a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order of removal based on his five criminal convictions for drug offenses under Florida Statute § 893.13. After review and with the benefit of oral argument, we conclude that the BIA did not err in concluding that Choizilme was ineligible for cancellation of removal because his Florida conviction for sale of cocaine, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 (1)(a)(1), constituted "illicit trafficking" within the…
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