Legal Opinion
SOLIS-CHAVEZ v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 2011No. 10-1354, 11-1243PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Jorge Solis-Chavez is a native of Guatemala who has been a lawful permanent resident in the United States since 1980. In 2007 he faced removal as a result of a 1989 Illinois conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. He initially argued that he was not subject to removal because the judge who convicted and sentenced him issued a judicial recommendation against deportation (“JRAD”). If valid, a JRAD prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) from using a conviction as a basis for removing an alien. Here, the JRAD would have provided a complete defense to removal.…
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