Author Archives: Mike Baker

ALVARADO FONSECA v. HOLDER- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, ex post facto clause 7th Circuit

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Mike Baker

A Mexican citizen’s petition for review of the BIA’s dismissal of his appeal of an IJ’s deportation order on the ground that his 1984 state court conviction for armed robbery constituted an aggravated felony, is denied where: 1) because petitioner … Continue reading →

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LIN v. HOLDER JR-Chinese asylum and withholding of removal 7th Circuit

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Mike Baker

A Chinese citizen’s petition for review of a BIA’s affirmance of an IJ’s denial of an application for asylum and withholding of removal based on his wife’s alleged abortion, is denied where: 1) even if the abortion and sterilization certificates … Continue reading →

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Matter of Soram, ID 3701, 25 I&N Dec. 378 (BIA 2010) – Unreasonably placing a child in a situation that poses a threat of injury to the child’s life or health

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Mike Baker

The crime of unreasonably placing a child in a situation that poses a threat of injury to the child’s life or health in violation of section 18-6-401(1)(a) of the Colorado Revised Statutes is categorically a crime of child abuse under … Continue reading →

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Bribery of a public official is not an aggravated felony. Matter of GRUENANGERL, 25 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2010)

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Mike Baker

Matter of GRUENANGERL, 25 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2010) Interim Decision #3698http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/intdec/vol25/3698.pdf The crime of bribery of a public official in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1)(A) (2006)is not an offense “relatingto” commercial bribery and is therefore not an aggravated … Continue reading →

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Cancellation of Removal/Good Moral Character/false claim of citizenship

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Mike Baker

Issue: Petitioner Muratoski challenges BIA’s interpretation of the regulation regarding the exception to an adverse finding of good moral character based on a false claim of citizenship (8 U.S.C. § 1101(f); Matter of Guadarrama de Contreras, 24 I. & N. … Continue reading →

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