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Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement

How INA §101(a)(43)(D) treats offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§1956 or 1957 when the amount of funds exceeded $10,000.

Reviewed by Peter Messersmith September 17, 2026
Direct Answer

Section 101(a)(43)(D) incorporates offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§1956 and 1957 when the amount of funds exceeded $10,000. Matter of Dominguez Reyes applies the circumstance-specific approach to the $10,000 funds requirement. The qualifying federal offense component and the monetary threshold should be analyzed separately.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement

How INA §101(a)(43)(D) treats offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§1956 or 1957 when the amount of funds exceeded $10,000.

money-laundering-AF analysis treats money laundering aggravated felony 10000 as a distinct §101(a)(43) category with its own elements, thresholds, and proof rules.

money-laundering-AF preparation should begin with the statute of conviction, certified record, sentence, and the exact aggravated-felony subparagraph charged by DHS.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 1

Section 101(a)(43)(D) incorporates offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§1956 and 1957 when the amount of funds exceeded $10,000. money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence.

money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis.

money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-1; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 2

Matter of Dominguez Reyes applies the circumstance-specific approach to the $10,000 funds requirement. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled.

money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. money-laundering-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.

money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-2; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 3

The qualifying federal offense component and the monetary threshold should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code.

money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.

money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-3; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 4

The record used to establish the amount must be tied to the offense of conviction. money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records.

money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession.

money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. money-laundering-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-4; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 5

The amount-of-funds inquiry differs from the separate fraud-loss inquiry in §101(a)(43)(M)(i). money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. money-laundering-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement.

money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents.

money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-5; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 6

Section 101(a)(43)(D) incorporates offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§1956 and 1957 when the amount of funds exceeded $10,000. money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis.

money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged.

money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. money-laundering-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-6; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 7

Matter of Dominguez Reyes applies the circumstance-specific approach to the $10,000 funds requirement. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. money-laundering-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph.

money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard. money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated.

money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-7; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 8

The qualifying federal offense component and the monetary threshold should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof.

money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph.

money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession. money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-8; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 9

The record used to establish the amount must be tied to the offense of conviction. money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF source review should confirm aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF current Supreme Court, BIA, statutory, and circuit authority should be checked before concession.

money-laundering-AF preservation should record aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF the respondent should obtain an explicit ruling on the aggravated-felony theory. money-laundering-AF closing argument should synthesize aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF the requested finding should be stated under the correct §101(a)(43) subparagraph. money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF burden review should address aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF deportability must be established under the governing clear-and-convincing standard.

money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-9; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives.

Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement: Issue 10

The amount-of-funds inquiry differs from the separate fraud-loss inquiry in §101(a)(43)(M)(i). money-laundering-AF federal-comparator review should verify aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF statutory cross-references should be checked against the current and historically relevant code. money-laundering-AF motion practice should develop aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF overbreadth, indivisibility, sentence, and circumstance-specific arguments should be separated. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents.

money-laundering-AF divisibility review should examine aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF the record of conviction should be used only when the statute contains legally distinct alternatives. money-laundering-AF circumstance-specific review should consider aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF nonelement facts should be used only when controlling law permits that mode of proof. money-laundering-AF relief screening should follow aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF aggravated-felony consequences for cancellation, asylum, withholding, and waivers should be analyzed separately. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.

money-laundering-AF factual audit should revisit aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF assumptions about sentence or monetary amount should be replaced with reliable records. money-laundering-AF analysis should begin with aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF proof should identify the exact statute of conviction and the aggravated-felony subparagraph. money-laundering-AF record analysis should document aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF charging papers, plea documents, judgment, and sentencing records should be reconciled. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-issue-10; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.

Conviction Record Map: Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement

money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted.

money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove. money-laundering-AF appellate preparation should preserve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF the record should permit legal review without reconstructing missing conviction documents. money-laundering-AF sentence review should evaluate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF any imprisonment threshold must be treated as a separate statutory requirement. money-laundering-AF chronology should isolate aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF offense date, conviction date, sentence, admission history, and removal charge should be charted. money-laundering-AF hearing preparation should support aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-11; money-laundering-AF certified conviction records should be paired with the specific legal proposition they prove.

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Categorical Analysis Plan: Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement

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Removal and Relief Consequences: Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement

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money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-13; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense. money-laundering-AF charging analysis should frame aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-13; money-laundering-AF DHS must connect the conviction to the precise aggravated-felony clause alleged. money-laundering-AF state-law comparison should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-13; money-laundering-AF a state label alone should not substitute for element-by-element analysis. money-laundering-AF decision drafting should resolve aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-13; money-laundering-AF the order should identify the conviction, statutory match, threshold fact, and resulting immigration consequence. money-laundering-AF categorical review should test aggravated-felony-money-laundering-10000-practice-13; money-laundering-AF the minimum criminalized conduct should be compared with the generic or incorporated federal offense.

Appeal Preservation: Money Laundering Aggravated Felony and the $10,000 Funds Requirement

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main rule for money laundering aggravated felony 10000?
Section 101(a)(43)(D) incorporates offenses described in 18 U.S.C. §§1956 and 1957 when the amount of funds exceeded $10,000.
Does every conviction labeled this way qualify as money laundering aggravated felony 10000?
money-laundering-AF analysis ordinarily requires a legal comparison between the statute of conviction and the controlling aggravated-felony definition; the offense label alone is not enough.
Does sentence length matter for money laundering aggravated felony 10000?
money-laundering-AF sentence analysis depends on the exact subparagraph. Some aggravated-felony categories have an explicit imprisonment threshold while others do not.
What conviction records matter for money laundering aggravated felony 10000?
money-laundering-AF proof can include the judgment, charging instrument, plea agreement, plea colloquy, verdict form, sentencing record, and other documents permitted by the applicable categorical or circumstance-specific framework.
What immigration consequences follow from money laundering aggravated felony 10000?
money-laundering-AF consequences can include deportability under INA §237(a)(2)(A)(iii) and restrictions on cancellation, asylum, voluntary departure, waivers, and withholding depending on the full case.
How should money laundering aggravated felony 10000 be preserved for appeal?
money-laundering-AF preservation should identify the exact §101(a)(43) theory, the categorical or circumstance-specific methodology, all threshold facts, the conviction record, and the Immigration Judge's ruling.
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