Legal Opinion
Calvin Anthony Brissett v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, and Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 2, 2004No. Docket 01-4168PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Calvin Brissett (“Brissett”) appeals from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), finding him removable under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) and 1227(a)(2)(B)(i), as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony and a controlled substance offense. Bris-sett argues that, because his parents, who were Jamaican nationals living in New York, separated in 1972, he acquired citizenship automatically upon his mother’s naturalization in 1977, and that he is therefore not a removable alien. Brissett relies on 8 U.S.C. § 1432(a)(3) (repealed 2000), which…
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