Aggravated Felonies

• Burglary as an Aggravated Felony Safe Haven (4/12/00)
• Due Process Argument Against Retroactive Application of the Aggravated Felony Definition (I) (11/10/03)
• Due Process Argument Against Retroactive Application of the Aggravated Felony Definition (II) (5/6/04)
• "Sexual Abuse of a Minor" Definition in Ninth Circuit (4/8/04)

Controlled Substances (Aggravated Felony and Other)

• Convictions Involving Unidentified Controlled Substances (7/14/04)
• Distribution of Drugs Not an Aggravated Felony (5/6/04)
• Expungements - Again Effective in Minor First-Offense Drug Cases (5/12/00)
• Expungements - Effect on Minor First-Offense Drug Offenses (12/7/00)
• Reason to Believe (6/12/00)
• State Felony Possession is Not Aggravated Felony for Deportation Purposes (I) (2/3/04)
• State Felony Possession is Not Aggravated Felony for Deportation Purposes (II) (9/2/04)
• Solicitation/Offer to Transport is Not an Aggravated Felony Drug Crime (I) (5/12/00)
• Solicitation/Offer to Transport is Not an Aggravated Felony Drug Crime (II) (3/8/05)
• United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether State Felony Simple Possession is an Aggravated Felony, Part I of II (6/19/06)
• United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether State Felony Simple Possession is an Aggravated Felony, Part II of II. (6/29/06)

Convictions

• How to Avoid a Conviction for Immigration Purposes (8/1/00)
• Juvenile Adjudications are Not Convictions for Immigration Purposes (2/26/01)

Crimes of Moral Turpitude

• Crimes of Moral Turpitude (10/16/07)
• Crimes of Moral Turpitude - A New Interpretation (5/26/05)
• Driving Under the Influence is Not a Crime of Moral Turpitude (3/1/00)
• Silva-Trevino Article - UPDATED

Crimes of Violence (Aggravated Felony and Domestic Violence)

• Crime of Violence Defined (10/9/03)
• Domestic Violence - Establishing Domestic Relationship (6/28/04)
• Driving Under the Influence is Not a Crime of Violence (12/7/04)
• Hayes Broadens Range of Convictions that can Trigger Domestic Violence Ground of Deportation (Feb. 2009)
• Negligence and Recklessness Are Insufficient to Constitute Crimes of Violence (11/22/06)

Immigration Relief

• 212(c) Eligibility for Those Not Deportable at the Time of Conviction (1/5/04)
• 212(c) Relief under St. Cyr. (7/9/01)
• Affirmative 212(c) Relief - Avoiding Jury Finding Bar to Relief (5/6/04)
• New Limits on Waiving Aggravated Felonies Under Former INA § 212(c) under Matter of Blake (6/9/05)
• Petty Offense Exception to Avoid Inadmissibility for Crimes of Moral Turpitude (4/4/06)

Post-Conviction Relief

• Solutions for Vietnamese Nationals Now Subject to Removal for Crimes - Recent Cases (3/4/08)
• Audita Querela as an Equitable Remedy (3/15/04)
• California - Advisal Statute (7/1/00)
• California - Recent Developments (9/2/05)
• Expungements - Again Effective in Minor First-Offense Drug Cases (5/1/00)
• Expungements - Effect on Minor First-Offense Drug Offenses (12/7/00)
• How Immigration and Criminal Defense Counsel Work Together (10/14/04)
• Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims Based on Immigration Consequences of the Criminal Conviction (1/24/05)
• Sentence: Grounds to Reduce (7/1/03)
• Vacating Convictions after Matter of Pickering (8/10/03)
• State Advisal Statutes May Require Vacating Conviction if Defendant Did Not Understand Warnings (12/28/06)
• CA Court of Appeals Holds Immigration Custody Sufficient to Satisfy State Habeas Custody Requirement to Challenge Constitution (3/12/07)
  

Other

• Selected Articles - Recent Cases (12/5/08)
• Selected Articles - Recent Cases (8/25/08)
• Selected Articles - Recent Cases (7/29/08)
• Selected Articles - Recent Cases (4/9/08)
• Court of Appeals Authority (2/6/08)
• Avoiding Mandatory Immigration Detention (5/22/03)
• Defense Counsel's Obligation to Defend Client Against Immigration Consequences (9/13/06)
• Export Activities as Grounds of Removal (11/18/05)
• Firearms Safe Haven: Sporting, Recreational, or Cultural Purposes (12/17/03)
• Getting a Second Opinion (6/6/06)
• Orders Vacating Convictions on Statutory Grounds of Legal Invalidity Are Effective to Eliminate Immigration Consequences of Conviction (3/22/06)
• Res Judicata Applies to Grounds of Removal (7/27/04)
• Sentencing to Avoid Deportation (5/15/00)
• Supreme Court Decisions - 2001 (9/18/01)
• New Deportation Ground: Federal Conviction of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender (10/25/06)

• September 2009
• August 2009
• July 2009
• June 2009
• Silva-Trevino Article - UPDATED
• February 2009
  

2008

• December 5, 2008
• August 25, 2008
• July 29, 2008
• April 9, 2008
• March 4, 2008
• February 6, 2008

2007

• October 16, 2007
• March 12, 2007

2006

• December 28, 2006
• November 22, 2006
• October 25, 2006
• September 19, 2006
• June 29, 2006
• June 19, 2006
• June 6, 2006
• April 4, 2006
• March 22, 2006

2005

• November 18, 2005
• September 2, 2005
• June 9, 2005
• May 26, 2005
• March 8, 2005
• January 24, 2005

2004

• December 7, 2004
• October 14 , 2004
• September 2, 2004
• July 27, 2004
• July 14, 2004
• June 28, 2004
• May 6, 2004
• April 8, 2004
• March 15, 2004
• February 3, 2004
• January 5, 2004

2003

• December 17, 2003
• November 10, 2003
• October 9, 2003
• August 10, 2003
• July 1, 2003
• May 22, 2003

2001

• September 18, 2001
• July 9, 2001
• May 1, 2001
• February 27, 2001
• February 6, 2001

2000

• December 7, 2000
• September 1, 2000
• August 1, 2000
• July 1, 2000
• June 1, 2000
• May 15, 2000
• May 1, 2000
• April 1, 2000
• March 1, 2000