CHOW

Citations

• 20 I. & N. Dec. 647

Syllabus

CHOW, 20 I&N Dec. 647 (BIA 1993) ID 3199 (PDF) (1) Section 241(a)(2)(C)of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(C)(Supp. II 1990), relating to convictions for certain firearms offenses,represents the enactment of a new statutory provision that completelysupersedes all former versions of that deportation ground and is not limitedregarding its applicability to convictions which predated its enactment,there being no restrictions regarding the dates in which a convictionmust occur in order to be included within the scope of the new statute. (2) An alien deportableunder section 241(a)(2)of the Act on the basis of his conviction for afirearms offense is ineligible for relief from deportation under section212(c) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (Supp. III 1991), because thereis no exclusion ground corresponding to the deportation ground for convictionof a firearms offense. Matter of Montenegro, 20 I&N Dec. 3192 (BIA1992) Matter of Hernandez-Casillas, 20 I&N Dec. 3147 (BIA 1990 A.G.1991), aff'd, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir. 1993) Matter of Granados, 16 I&NDec. 726 (BIA 1979), aff'd, 624 F.2d 191 (9th Cir. 1980), followed.