Camins v. Gonzales

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Prior to passage of § 301(a)(13) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRI-RA”), a lawful permanent resident (“LPR”) who pled guilty to an offense making him “inadmissible” retained the right under former § 101(a)(13) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), as interpreted by Rosenberg v. Fleuti, 374 U.S. 449, 83 S.Ct. 1804, 10 L.Ed.2d 1000 (1963), to make “innocent, casual, and brief’ overseas trips without being classified as seeking “entry” upon return and thus being exposed to a charge of being inadmissible.…