Legal Opinion
Alvarado-Fonseca v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 2011No. 10-1917PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
An immigration judge ordered Clemente Alvarado-Fonseca, a Mexican citizen, removed to Mexico on the ground that his 1984 state court conviction for armed robbery constituted an aggravated felony, a deportable offense. On appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), Alvarado-Fonseca argued that he was not removable because the definition of aggravated felony in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”) could not be applied retroactively. The BIA dismissed the appeal. Alvarado-Fonseca now argues that a provision in the…
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