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GONZALEZ LEMUS
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 2019No. ID 3961PublishedCited by 1 opinion
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27 I&N Dec. 612
(BIA 2019) Interim Decision #3961 Matter of Jorge GONZALEZ LEMUS, Respondent Decided September 25, 2019 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) Because the identity of the drug involved is an element of the crime of possession of a controlled substance under section 124.401(5) of the Iowa Code, the statute is divisible (in the case of marijuana, methamphetamine, or amphetamine) as to the specific drug involved, and the record of conviction can be examined under the modified categorical approach to determine…
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