Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii)
How the listed 18 U.S.C. §§922 and 924 firearms offenses fit the aggravated-felony definition in INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii).
Section 101(a)(43)(E)(ii) incorporates specified offenses in 18 U.S.C. §§922 and 924. The statutory list is narrower than the universe of federal firearms crimes. A state conviction can qualify if its substantive elements are described in the incorporated federal offense, subject to categorical rules.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii)
How the listed 18 U.S.C. §§922 and 924 firearms offenses fit the aggravated-felony definition in INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii).
enumerated-firearms-AF analysis treats enumerated firearms aggravated felony 922 924 as a distinct §101(a)(43) category with its own elements, thresholds, and proof rules.
enumerated-firearms-AF preparation should begin with the statute of conviction, certified record, sentence, and the exact aggravated-felony subparagraph charged by DHS.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 1
Section 101(a)(43)(E)(ii) incorporates specified offenses in 18 U.S.C. §§922 and 924. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives.
enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records.
enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-1; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 2
The statutory list is narrower than the universe of federal firearms crimes. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.
enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement.
enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-2; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 3
A state conviction can qualify if its substantive elements are described in the incorporated federal offense, subject to categorical rules. enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence.
enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis.
enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-3; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 4
Torres v. Lynch forecloses reliance on a missing federal jurisdictional element alone to defeat the comparison. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled.
enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.
enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-4; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 5
This category is distinct from ordinary firearms deportability under INA §237(a)(2)(C). enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code.
enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.
enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-5; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 6
Section 101(a)(43)(E)(ii) incorporates specified offenses in 18 U.S.C. §§922 and 924. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records.
enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession.
enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-6; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 7
The statutory list is narrower than the universe of federal firearms crimes. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement.
enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents.
enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-7; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 8
A state conviction can qualify if its substantive elements are described in the incorporated federal offense, subject to categorical rules. enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis.
enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged.
enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-8; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 9
Torres v. Lynch forecloses reliance on a missing federal jurisdictional element alone to defeat the comparison. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.
enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.
enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-9; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately.
Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii): Issue 10
This category is distinct from ordinary firearms deportability under INA §237(a)(2)(C). enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.
enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.
enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-issue-10; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory.
Conviction Record Map: Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii)
enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.
enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled.
enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. enumerated-firearms-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. enumerated-firearms-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. enumerated-firearms-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-11; enumerated-firearms-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately.
Categorical Analysis Plan: Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii)
enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.
enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.
enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. enumerated-firearms-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. enumerated-firearms-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. enumerated-firearms-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. enumerated-firearms-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-12; enumerated-firearms-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents.
Removal and Relief Consequences: Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii)
enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.
enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.
enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. enumerated-firearms-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. enumerated-firearms-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. enumerated-firearms-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. enumerated-firearms-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-13; enumerated-firearms-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code.
Appeal Preservation: Enumerated Firearms Offenses Under INA §101(a)(43)(E)(ii)
enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis.
enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence.
enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. enumerated-firearms-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. enumerated-firearms-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. enumerated-firearms-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. enumerated-firearms-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-enumerated-firearms-offenses-practice-14; enumerated-firearms-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense.
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.
- 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.
- 18 U.S.C. §922 — Firearms Offenses Federal firearms provisions referenced in §101(a)(43)(E)(ii).
- 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.
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