Legal Opinion
Mejia v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2007No. 04-74001, 04-76214PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
In late 2002, the Attorney General promulgated a rule designed to guide Immigration Judges (“IJs”) in deciding whether to grant waivers of inadmissibility to the United States based on certain criminal grounds. The regulation provides that in cases where individuals have committed “violent or dangerous crimes,” the Attorney General will not exercise his discretion to grant waivers under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h) (known as § 212(h) relief) unless the individual can show “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.” 8 C.F.R. § 212.7(d).
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