Legal Opinion
Andre Martello Barton v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 2018No. 17-13055PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWSOM, Circuit Judge:
The federal immigration laws give the Attorney General the discretion to cancel the removal of an otherwise removable lawful permanent resident who (among other conditions) "has resided in the United States continuously for 7 years after having been admitted in any status." 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(2). Importantly for present purposes, though, the continuous-residence requirement is subject to the so-called "stop-time rule." The provision that embodies that rule-at issue here-states that any period of continuous residence terminates when the alien "commit[s] an offense…
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