Board of Immigration Appeals

BIA issues decision Matter of Rivera-Mendoza, 28 I&N Dec. 184 (BIA 2020).

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The Board of Immigration Appeals issued a new precedential decision on December 22, 2020, Matter of Rivera-Mendoza, 28 I&N Dec. 184. The primary question for the case was whether the Oregon crime of second-degree child neglect, ORS 163.545(1) was categorically a match to the INA 237(a)(2)(E)(i) ground of removal. The Board found that it was.

Read the full decision in Matter of Rivera-Mendoza, 28 I&N Dec. 184, at the BIA website.