ESPOSITO

Citations

• 21 I. & N. Dec. 1

Syllabus

ESPOSITO, 21 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 1995) ID 3243 (PDF) (1) For purposes of section 212(a)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(10) (1988), and its successor provision at section 212(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(B) (Supp. V 1993), a sentence is \actually imposed\ where a criminal court suspends the execution of a sentence, but no sentence is \actually imposed\ where the imposition of sentence is suspended. Matter of Castro, 19 I&N Dec. 692 (1988), followed. (2) Section 212(c) of the Act is ineffective to waive deportability under former section 241(a)(14) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(14) (1988), or section 241(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(C) (Supp. V 1993), for conviction of a firearms violation, even where the firearms violation is one of two or more crimes which may render the alien inadmissible under section 212(a)(10) [now section 212(a)(2)(B)] of the Act. Matter of Montenegro, 20 I&N Dec. 603 (BIA 1992) Matter of Hernandez-Casillas, 20 I&N Dec. 262 (BIA 1990 A.G. 1991), aff'd, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir. 1993) and Matter of Wadud, 19 I&N Dec. 182 (BIA 1984), followed.