Legal Opinion
Chavarria-Reyes v. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 2016No. 15-3730PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
An immigration judge ordered Jose Chavarria-Reyes removed to Mexico after concluding that he lacks permission to be here and is ineligible for discretionary relief because he has committed a crime of moral turpitude. He does not contest either conclusion but contends nonetheless that the IJ erred by failing to alert him to the possibility of voluntary departure under § 240B(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(a).
Voluntary departure usually depends on a showing of good moral character, a showing that Chavarria-Reyes cannot make: he has at…
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