Source: http://openjurist.org/173/f3d/601
Timestamp: 2014-03-07 03:41:43
Document Index: 284068859

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 237', '§ 1227', '§ 241', '§ 1251', '§ 309', '§ 1101', '§ 106', '§ 1105', '§ 242', '§ 1252']

Under the INA "[a]ny alien who is convicted of an aggravated felony at any time after admission is deportable." INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(iii), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) (previously INA § 241(a)(2)(A)(iii), 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2) (A)(iii)). Furthermore, according to the transitional rules set out by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act ("IIRIRA"), when a final order of deportation is entered after October 30, 1996, "there shall be no appeal permitted in the case of an alien who is inadmissible or deportable by reason of having committed ... [an aggravated felony]." IIRIRA § 309(c)(4), Pub. L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (Sept. 30, 1996), set out at 8 U.S.C. § 1101, Historical and Statutory Notes. This transitional rule is substantially the same as the rule set forth in the repealed INA § 106(a)(10), 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(10), and the new INA § 242(a)(2)(C), 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C). Notwithstanding the unreviewability of cases involving deportation of aggravated felons, however, this Court does have jurisdiction to determine whether it has jurisdiction; that is, we have jurisdiction to determine whether Xiong has been convicted of an aggravated felony. Yang v. I.N.S., 109 F.3d 1185, 1192 (7th Cir.1997) ("When judicial review depends on a