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AUDIO CD #1
(1-CD Session)
 

WELCOME AND REMARKS
Mary E. Kramer, Conference Program Chair, AILA ICE Liaison Committee Member, Miami, FL

GETTING STARTED: TOOLS OF THE TRADE & PRACTICE POINTERS

• Resources
  • State & Federal Statutes
  • Online Research: LEXIS, WESTLAW, AILALink
  • Other Software for Running Background Checks
  • AILA Publications in the Removal Area
• Dealing with the Government
  • Locating Your Client, Locating Your Case
  • EOIR website/1-800 number
  • ICE website (for DRO facilities)
  • USCIS website
• Scheduling the Appointment
  • Client to Bring Arrest/Conviction Records
  • Immigration Documents (NTA, Passport, I-94, Work Permit, Parole etc.)
• Other Resources
  • State Criminal Records
  • FBI Rap Sheet
  • FOIA Requests
• Handling that First Consultation
  • Determine Manner of Entry
  • Review Dates of Arrests & Any Convictions
  • Organize a Timeline of Events
  • Review NTA, if applicable

Faculty:
Mary E. Kramer, Conference Program Chair, AILA ICE Liaison Committee Member, Miami, FL

DEFINING “CONVICTION”

• Definition of “Conviction” and
  • Finality
  • Deferred Prosecutions
  • Withholds
  • Youthful or First Time Offender Statutes
  • Juvenile Delinquency Adjudications
  • Court Martials
  • Sealing, Expungements
  • Pardons
  • Vacaturs
  • Matter of Pickering
• Admitting the Essential Elements
• Defining the Sentence Imposed
  • Suspension of Sentence
  • Post-conviction Sentence Modification/Matter of Song

Faculty:
Olsi Vrapi (dl), Conference Program Committee Member, Santa Fe, NM; Maria T. Baldini-Potermin, EOIR Liaison Committee Vice Chair, Chicago, IL

CLASSIFYING THE CRIME PART I
Applications of INA §237 and §212(a): Which applies and when?

• Admissibility versus Deportability
  • Removal Proceedings
    • Arriving Aliens
    • Present Without Inspection
    • Admitted
  • Other Applications of §212(a)
    • Adjustment of Status
    • Naturalization
    • INA §101(a)(13)
• Discussion of the Categorical and Modified Approach
• Consequences for Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
  • Defining “Moral Turpitude”: Violence, Sex and Cheating
  • Inadmissibility under §212(a)
  • Deportability under §237

Faculty:
David N. Simmons (dl), Denver, CO; William E. Graves Jr., Boston, MA; Deborah S. Smith, Helena, MT

“CATEGORICALIZING” THE CRIME PART II

• Aggravated Felonies
  • Defined in §101(a)(43)
  • Ground of Deportability, not Inadmissibility
  • Retroactive Definition
• Common Offenses
  • Drug Trafficking
    • Simple Possession
  • Firearm Offenses
  • Crime of Violence
  • Theft/Burglary
  • Fraud
  • Tax Crimes
  • Forgery/Counterfeiting
  • Conspiracies & Attempts
• Controlled Substance Offenses
  • Defining Controlled Substance
  • Simple Possession of Marijuana
    • Admissibility vs. Deportability
  • Drug Trafficking and Reason to Believe
    • Admissibility vs. Deportability
• Firearm Offenses
  • Ground of Deportability, not Inadmissibility
• Crimes of Domestic Violence

Faculty:
A. Michelle Gutierrez (dl), Indianapolis, IN; Ira J. Kurzban, AILA Past President, Miami, FL; Jodi Goodwin, Harlingen, TX; Gerald P. Seipp, Oldsmar, FL

APPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF / WAIVERS

• Cancellation of Removal
  • Eligibility Requirements
  • Time Rules: Legal Residence After Admission
    • Tolling:
      • Commission of Crime
      • NTA
  • Lawful Permanent Residency Status
    • Tolling
• §212(c)
  • Pre-AEDPA Pleas
  • Time Requirements
  • Trial vs. Plea
    o Not Available for Grounds of Deportability/Matter of Blake
• Adjustment of Status
  • Basic Requirements
  • Applications: Waives Ground of Deportability with No Corresponding Ground of Inadmissibility
  • Matter of Gabryelsky filings
• §212(h)
  • Eligibility
  • Arriving vs. Admitted/Stand Alone Waivers
  • Special Rules for LPRs
  • Heightened Standard for Crimes of Violence
• Limitations on Relief for Convictions: Asylum, Cancellation & CAT

Faculty:
R. Mark Frey (dl), St. Paul, MN; Barry L. Frager, Memphis, TN; Jeremiah Friedman, Boston, MA; Thomas Moseley, Newark, NJ

DETENTION ISSUES

• Jail & Prison Detainers: What to Do After 48 Hours
• Mandatory Detention
  • Which Crimes?
  • Admissibility vs. Deportability
  • Date of Release from Custody/Matter of Saysana
• Custody Redetermination Hearings
  • Matter of Joseph: Burdens of Proof
  • Motions/Time Limits
  • Jurisdiction
    o Presenting the Case
    • Other Custody Issues
    o Locating Your Client
    o Requesting Parole or Bond from DRO
    o ISAP and Electronic Monitoring

Faculty:
Thomas N. Nuttle (dl), Elkhart, INRussell Abrutyn, Troy, MI; David Stoller, Orlando, FL

• Handling the Master Calendar Hearing
  • Notice to Appear
  • Judging Legal Sufficiency
  • Burdens of Proof
  • Documents/Evidence
  • Records of Conviction
  • To Plead or Not to Plead
  • Motions to Dismiss Charge/Terminate Proceedings
• Appeals
  • Preserving the Record for Appeal & Judicial Review
  • BIA
  • Federal Judicial Review/Jurisdiction
• Handling the Individual Hearing
  • Pretrial Statements and Evidence
  • EOIR Rules of the Court
  • Preparing Your Client to Testify
  • Witnesses
  • Expert Witnesses
  • Handling the Difficult Judge or Prosecutor

Faculty:
Thomas K. Ragland (dl), Washington, DC; Linda A. Cristello, Boston, MA;
Ilana Etkin Greenstein, Boston, MA

• Defining “Release from Custody”
  • BIA Caselaw
  • Federal Caselaw
  • What Your Arguments Should Be
  • Habeas Actions
• Intensive Supervision and Electronic Monitoring
  • Good Thing or Bad Thing? When to Contest and When to Say “Thank You”
    • Custody Redetermination Hearings
    • EOIR Jurisdiction
• Q&A

Faculty:
Kerry E. Doyle (dl), Boston, MA; Cheryl David, AILA Board of Governors/AILA ICE Liaison Committee Chair, New York, NY; Anthony Drago Jr., Boston, MA

ANALYZING THE CRIME: THE CATEGORICAL AND MODIFIED CATEGORICAL APPROACH

• Burden of Proof & Persuasion
  • Deportability under §237
  • Inadmissibility under §212(a)
  • Revisiting “Admission” under INA §101(a)(13)(C)(v)
• Pure Categorical Approach
  • When It Applies
  • Elements of the Statute
• Modified Approach
  • Divisible Statutes
  • Permissible Documents
    • Arrest Reports
    • Psi
• Matter of Silva-Trevino
  • Burden of Proof
  • Relitigating the Underlying Circumstances of the Crime
  • Testimony & Other “Permissible” Documents
• Non-elemental Facts
  • Financial Loss to a Victim:
    • Matter of Babaisakov
    • Matter of Oniydo
    • Matter of S-I-K
  • Commercial Advantage
    • Matter of Gertsenshteyn
  • Interstate Commerce Component
    • Matter of Vasquez-Muniz
  • Child Abuse
    • Matter of Velazquex-Herrera
• Acts of Domestic Violence: Enumerated Victims
• Q&A

Faculty:
Lee A. O'Connor (dl), Conference Program Committee Member, South Bend, IN; Dan Kesselbrenner, Boston, MA; Norton Tooby, Oakland, CA

MORAL TURPITUDE VS. AGGRAVATED FELONY: DEFINING THE CRIME AND KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE

• Crimes of Violence: Intent vs. Risk vs. Actual Harm
  • Levels of Intent: Specific vs. Reckless vs. Negligence
  • Moral Turpitude & Silva-Trevino
  • Aggravated Felony Standard
    • 18 USC §16
  • Simple Assaults and Battery
  • Manslaughter
  • Vehicular Homicide
  • Aggravated Battery or Assault
• Theft Crimes
  • Moral Turpitude vs. Aggravated Felony Standards
  • Temporary vs. Permanent Deprivation
• Crimes of Fraud and Deceit
• Q&A

Faculty:
Mary E. Kramer (dl), Program Committee Chair, AILA ICE Liaison Committee Member, Miami, FL; Michael D. Greenberg, Cambridge, MA; Jeff Joseph, AILA Board of Governors, Aurora, CO

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSES

• Aggravated Felony “Drug Trafficking Crime”
  • State Simple Possession: Articulating the Recidivist Argument
    • Matter of Thomas
    • Matter of Caruchuri
    • A View of the Federal Circuit
• Paraphernalia
• Legend Drugs
• Litigation Strategies
  • Reason to Believe?
  • 30 grams or Less?
  • Corresponding Federal Law
• Q&A

Faculty:
Erich C. Straub (dl), Milwaukee, WI; Manuel D. Vargas, New York, NY

WAIVERS AND RELIEF

• §212(c)
  • Strategies for Trial Verdicts
  • Strategies for Dealing with Matter of Blake
• Cancellation of Removal under INA §240A
  • Concurrent Waivers
  • Tolling Issues
• §212(h)
  • Violent and Dangerous Crime?
  • §237 Proceedings: Stand Alone Waiver or Adjustment Required?
  • Special Rules for LPRs
• Adjustment of Status
• Withholding of Removal and the “Particularly Serious Crime”
• Motion to Terminate for Naturalization 8 CFR 1239.2(f)
• Judicial Review
  • Jurisdictional Issues
  • Stays of Deportation from the Federal Courts
• Q&A

Faculty:
Scott D. Pollock (dl), Chicago, IL; Linda Osberg-Braun, Miami, FL; Howard Silverman, Boston, MA

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