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Vartelas v. Holder, No. 10-1211 (U.S. Supreme Court) (566 U.S. 257; 132 S.Ct. 1479) (March 28, 2012) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on April 2, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists April 02, 2012
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Here the Court held that a lawful permanent resident's right to reenter the U.S. after brief travel abroad, when that person was convicted of a crime, is governed by the laws in effect at the time of the conviction, not by the IIRIRA.

This case involved a question of statutory ...

 

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