Legal Opinion
Gyno Domond v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 23, 2001No. Docket 99-2619PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Before Congress passed the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), legal resident aliens facing deportation for the commission of crimes were entitled to Section 212(c) hearings, named for the section of the Immigration and Naturalization Act authorizing them. At a Section 212(c) hearing, deportees could win a discretionary waiver of deportation by arguing the equities weighed in favor of their remaining in the United States. Section 440(d) of AEDPA eliminated Section 212(c) hearings for certain criminal aliens when it went into effect on April…
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