Source: http://www.biahelp.com/matter-of-a-vasquez-27-in-dec-503-bia-2019/
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:24:35+00:00

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Under the plain language of section 101(a)(43)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(H) (2012), kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a) (2012) is not an aggravated felony.
(2012) is not an aggravated felony.
237(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C.
adjusted his status to that of a lawful permanent resident on March 10, 2001.
Immigration Judge disagreed and terminated the proceedings.
Code (relating to the demand for or receipt of ransom).” Although 18 U.S.C.
is “described in” the other statutes listed in section 101(a)(43)(H).
Valenzuela, 25 I&N Dec. 867, 869 (BIA 2012).
of the Act indicates congressional intent to give the statute a broad reach.
territorial jurisdiction of the United States . . . .
18 U.S.C. § 16(a) (2012). The DHS has not challenged that determination on appeal.
element is ‘jurisdictional.’” Id.; see also Matter of Bautista, 25 I&N Dec.
under section 101(a)(43)(E)(i) of the Act. Id. at 1634.
and abetting illegal entry in violation of section 275(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C.
kidnapping offense is not an aggravated felony.
context of the statute called for a narrower reading (citation omitted)).
§ 1201 existed at the time Congress enacted section 101(a)(43)(H) in 1994.
also Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994, Pub.
22 I&N Dec. at 720–21.
would thwart the obvious purpose of the statute” (citations omitted)).
not give rise to absurd results in this case. Mahosco Corp. v. Silver, 447 U.S.
Demarest, 498 U.S. at 190–91.
This is not to minimize the abhorrent nature of the crime of kidnapping.
by Congress. See FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S.
susceptible of improvement.’” (alterations in original) (citation omitted)).
ambiguity into a statute that is not there. See Dodd v. United States, 545 U.S.
what it means and means in a statute what it says there.’” (citation omitted)).

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