DILLINGHAM

Citations

• 21 I. & N. Dec. 1001

Syllabus

DILLINGHAM, 21 I&N Dec. 1001 (BIA 1997) ID 3325 (PDF) The expungement of an alien's foreign drug-related conviction pursuant to a foreign rehabilitation statute is not effective to prevent a finding of his inadmissibility pursuant to section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) (1994), even if he would have been eligible for federal first offender treatment under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3607(a) (1994) had he been prosecuted in the United States. Matter of Manrique, Interim Decision 3250 (BIA 1995), distinguished.