Jeylani Mowlana v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

I concur in the result reached by the court but disagree with the route followed in reaching its conclusion. Thus, I would also affirm the BIA.

Mowlana, a native of Somalia, was granted refugee status in December 2000 and became a permanent resident of the United States in October 2002. In 2005, Mowlana opened a grocery store in St. Louis, Missouri, called Tawakal Grocery Store (Tawakal). In October 2010, the federal government indicted Mowlana for several counts related to Tawakal’s partic*929ipation in the food stamp program. Mow-lana ultimately pleaded guilty to count three, which alleged that…