Immigration
Nov. 4, 2015
High court parses mysteries of immigration law
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a criminal case that could have big consequences for immigrants. By Gabriel J. Chin
Gabriel J. Chin
Edward L. Barrett chair of law, Martin Luther King, Jr. professor of law, and director of Clinical Legal Education
UC Davis School of Law
Torres v. Lynch, to be argued Tuesday, reflects the U.S. Supreme Court's continuing interest in parsing the mysteries of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a statute which is complex - even ramshackle.
Jorge Torres, a longtime lawful permanent resident of the United States from the Dominican Republic, was convicted of attempted arson in New York in 1999; he was sentenced to one day of confinement and five y...
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