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BIA reasserts the circumstance-specific inquiry on the phrase “a single offense involving possession for one’s own use of thirty grams or less of marijuana”
Matter of Jonet DOMINGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Respondent 26 I&N Dec. 408 (BIA 2014) Interim Decision #3814 Decided September 18, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeal For purposes of section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Immigration and … Continue reading
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30 grams or less of marijuana for his or her own use exception to deportability
Matter of Jennifer Adassa DAVEY, 26 I&N Dec. 37 (BIA 2012) ID 3770 Decided October 23, 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) For purposes of section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Immigration and … Continue reading