Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 13, 2019
Proposition 64’s reclassification of marijuana offense can’t save resident from removal, 9th Circuit rules
A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the United States since 1972 must be sent back to Mexico, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, despite the fact that a marijuana-related felony on her record was reduced to a misdemeanor under California’s recently enacted Proposition 64.
A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the United States since 1972 must be sent back to Mexico, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, despite having a marijuana-related felony on her record reduced to a misdemeanor under California's recently-enacted Proposition 64.
In a short opinion published Friday, the court rejected Claudia Prado's claim her conviction no longer made her eligible for removal in light of the Co...
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