Immigration,
Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 11, 2019
Immigrants in country illegally can be deported for crime that is no longer a deportable offense
Two previously deported unauthorized immigrants from Mexico who committed robbery are deportable, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found, despite the fact their crime is no longer considered a deportable offense under California law.
Two previously deported unauthorized immigrants from Mexico who committed robbery are deportable, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found, despite the fact their crime is no longer considered a deportable offense under California law.
The case appeared to shed light on how the changed definition of a deportable crime could still be used to remove criminal migrants from the U.S.
The pair were...
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