Legal Opinion
Roberto Garces v. United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 27, 2010No. 09-11520PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Roberto Garces has petitioned us for review of the Board of Immigration Ap peals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s order finding him removable under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(C), as an alien whom the Attorney General “knows or has reason to believe is or has been an illicit trafficker in any controlled substance.” Unlike other grounds for inadmissibility that are triggered by criminal convictions, the “reason to believe” provision allows removal based on criminal conduct even if there was no…
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