Legal Opinion
Velez-Lotero, Nelson v. Achim, Deborah
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 2005No. 04-2466PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Nelson Velez-Lotero, a citizen of Columbia, pled guilty to a controlled substance offense in Illinois in 1995 and was later ordered deported on the basis of that conviction. After serving almost seven years of a seventeén-year prison sentence, Velez-Lotero was paroled and his custody was transferred to immigration authorities. He then filed a motion to reopen his case in the immigration court, claiming eligibility for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S'.C. § 1182(c); notwithstanding his conviction.
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Velez-Lotero v. AchimCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005