Legal Opinion
Cristoval Silva-Trevino v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2014No. 11-60464PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Cristoval Silva-Trevino challenges a new method the Attorney General and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the Board”) used to determine that he had been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude for the purposes of admissibility under § 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1101, et seq. Because we find the contested method inconsistent with the unambiguous language of the relevant statutory provision, we vacate the Board’s determination.
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This case arises out of proceedings to remove Silva-Trevino pursuant to § 237 of the…
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3Cited by33 opinions
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