Luis Fernando Padilla v. Alberto Gonzales

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• holding that obstruction of justice under Illinois law is a crime involving moral turpitude because the offense required the concealment of criminal activity
• analyzing offense that criminalized making false statements with the specific intent of concealing criminal activity
• finding conviction for obstruction of justice to be a CIMT since “knowingly 12 furnishing false information . . . specifically entails dishonesty and thus implicates 13 moral turpitude”
• agreeing with BIA’s No. 05-2697 3 determination that obstruction of justice under Illinois law is a crime of moral turpitude, and foreclosing Padilla’s efforts to rely on § 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii
• “[A]lmost all courts have held that intentionally deceiving the government involves moral turpitude.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)
• state obstruction of justice conviction constitutes crime of moral turpitude because of making false statements and con- cealing criminal activity

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