Legal Opinion
Leonardo Villegas-Sarabia v. Jefferson Sessions, I
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2017No. 15-60639 Consolidated with 15-50993PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge.
In the first of the cases consolidated in this appeal, Petitioners-Appellees Leonardo Villegas-Sarabia (“Villegas-Sarabia”) and his father, Leonardo Villegas, Jr. (“Villegas”), seek review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) holding that Villegas-Sarabia, a Mexican citizen, is inadmissible to the United States and ineligible to adjust his citizenship status because his conviction for misprision of a felony is a crime involving moral turpitude. In the second case, the government appeals two aspects of the district court’s decision: (1) that the…
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