BIA Finds Plea Vacated Due to Misunderstanding of Immigration Consequences Not a Conviction

July 24, 2020

Unpublished BIA decision holds that a defendant’s failure to understand the immigration consequences of a guilty plea is a substantive and/or procedural defect that vitiates a conviction for immigration purposes. Special thanks to IRAC. (Matter of Jaimes, 7/24/20) AILA Doc. No. 21041900

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