United States Supreme Court

In removal proceedings against a lawful permanent resident who pre-IIRAIRA was convicted of a crime that made him inadmissible upon reentry under post-IIRAIRA INA section 101(a)(13)(C)(v), the Second Circuit's decision finding the petitioner removable is reversed, as the impact of the petitioner's brief travel abroad was determined not by IIRAIRA, which if applied would have had an impermissible retroactive effect, but by the legal regime in force at the time of his conviction, which did not require admissibility upon reentry.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2012
• Published 03/28/2012

Judges

• Ginsburg

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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