Opinion ID: 794258
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: jurisdiction

Text: 11 As a general rule, we have jurisdiction to review the BIA's removal orders. 11 Congress created an exception, however, that deprives us of jurisdiction to review removal orders issued against aliens convicted of, inter alia, an aggravated felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. 12 Congress has curtailed this jurisdiction strip, though, by making clear that we retain jurisdiction to review constitutional claims or questions of law raised in a petition for review filed by a criminal alien. 13 All four of Petitioner's claims fall within one or the other of these two categories: Three of his arguments are legal 14 and the fourth is constitutional. 15 We thus have jurisdiction to review each of them, even if it turns out that Petitioner is indeed an alien. 12