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CA7 lacked jurisdiction and cannot second-guess Bd.’s decision that conviction qualified as “particularly serious”
CA7 lacked jurisdiction to consider alien’s appeal of Bd.’s order finding that she was ineligible for relief on her application for withholding of removal due to her Wisconsin conviction on charge of first-degree reckless injury that arose out of incident … Continue reading
CA7 affirms denial of withholding of removal to Mexico and CAT relief; BIA fact-finding as to state-court conviction was harmless
Delgado-Arteaga v. Sessions, No. 16-1816 (7th Cir. 2017) Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s order denying alien’s application for withholding of removal to Mexico, where said denial was based, in part, on finding that alien’s prior Illinois drug trafficking … Continue reading