Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony
How INA §101(a)(43)(I) incorporates offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§2251, 2251A, and 2252 and how overbroad state statutes are analyzed.
Section 101(a)(43)(I) incorporates specified federal child-pornography offenses. The state statute must be compared with the incorporated federal offense rather than classified by offense name alone. A statute can be overbroad if it criminalizes material or conduct beyond the incorporated federal definition.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony
How INA §101(a)(43)(I) incorporates offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§2251, 2251A, and 2252 and how overbroad state statutes are analyzed.
child-pornography-AF analysis treats child pornography aggravated felony immigration as a distinct §101(a)(43) category with its own elements, thresholds, and proof rules.
child-pornography-AF preparation should begin with the statute of conviction, certified record, sentence, and the exact aggravated-felony subparagraph charged by DHS.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 1
Section 101(a)(43)(I) incorporates specified federal child-pornography offenses. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis.
child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged.
child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-1; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 2
The state statute must be compared with the incorporated federal offense rather than classified by offense name alone. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.
child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.
child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-2; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 3
A statute can be overbroad if it criminalizes material or conduct beyond the incorporated federal definition. child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.
child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.
child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-3; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 4
Divisibility determines whether the modified categorical approach may identify a narrower alternative of conviction. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession.
child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard.
child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-4; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 5
The clause itself does not require a minimum one-year sentence. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents.
child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.
child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-5; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 6
Section 101(a)(43)(I) incorporates specified federal child-pornography offenses. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged.
child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense.
child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-6; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 7
The state statute must be compared with the incorporated federal offense rather than classified by offense name alone. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.
child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately.
child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-7; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 8
A statute can be overbroad if it criminalizes material or conduct beyond the incorporated federal definition. child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.
child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory.
child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-8; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 9
Divisibility determines whether the modified categorical approach may identify a narrower alternative of conviction. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard.
child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives.
child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-9; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records.
Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony: Issue 10
The clause itself does not require a minimum one-year sentence. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.
child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.
child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-issue-10; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement.
Conviction Record Map: Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony
child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives.
child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard.
child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. child-pornography-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. child-pornography-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. child-pornography-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. child-pornography-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-11; child-pornography-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession.
Categorical Analysis Plan: Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony
child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.
child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.
child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. child-pornography-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. child-pornography-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. child-pornography-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. child-pornography-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-12; child-pornography-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled.
Removal and Relief Consequences: Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony
child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement.
child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.
child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. child-pornography-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. child-pornography-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. child-pornography-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. child-pornography-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-13; child-pornography-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.
Appeal Preservation: Child Pornography as an Aggravated Felony
child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory.
child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.
child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. child-pornography-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. child-pornography-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. child-pornography-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. child-pornography-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-child-pornography-practice-14; child-pornography-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.
Primary Legal Authorities and Sources
- 8 U.S.C. §1101(a)(43) — Aggravated Felony Definition Current House U.S. Code source for the aggravated-felony definition.
- 8 U.S.C. §1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) — Aggravated-Felony Deportability Primary deportability statute for a person convicted of an aggravated felony after admission.
- EOIR BIA Precedent Chart — Aggravated Felonies Official EOIR topic chart collecting BIA aggravated-felony precedents.
- EOIR Precedent Decisions — Volume 22 Official EOIR source including Matter of Aldabesheh, Ruiz-Romero, and Alvarado-Alvino.
- EOIR Precedent Decisions — Volume 26 Official EOIR source including Matter of Adeniye, Garza-Olivares, and Alvarado.
- Torres v. Lynch, 578 U.S. 452 (2016) Supreme Court precedent holding that a state offense need not contain the federal jurisdictional element to be 'described in' a listed federal aggravated-felony statute.
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