Kaufmann v. Holder

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Peter Heinz Kaufmann, a native of Germany, was convicted under Connecticut law for possession of child pornography. This had immigration consequences. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) found him removable under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(43)(I) and 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). He petitions for review, arguing that his admission in the state proceeding to having images of children “having sex” is insufficient to bring him within the federal statute’s definition of an aggravated felony of child pornography because the relevant state law of conviction encompasses other…