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J. M. ACOSTA

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 2018No. IDPublishedCited by 27 opinions

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27 I&N Dec. 420

(BIA 2018) Interim Decision #3934 Matter of J. M. ACOSTA, Respondent Decided August 29, 2018 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) A conviction does not attain a sufficient degree of finality for immigration purposes until the right to direct appellate review on the merits of the conviction has been exhausted or waived. (2) Once the Department of Homeland Security has established that a respondent has a criminal conviction at the trial level and that the time for filing a direct appeal has passed, a…

2Cases cited67 opinions

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