MONTENEGRO

Citations

• 20 I. & N. Dec. 603

Syllabus

MONTENEGRO, 20 I&N Dec. 603 (BIA 1992) ID 3192 (PDF) (1) Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (Supp. III1991), is ineffective to remove deportability under section 241(a)(2)(C)of the Act, 8 U.S.C. §1251(a)(2)(C) (Supp. III 1991), for convictionof a firearms violation, even where the firearmsviolation is also a crimeinvolving moral turpitude within the scope of section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)of the Act. Matter of Hernandez-Casillas, 20 I&N Dec. 3147 (BIA 1990A.G. 1991), aff'd, 983 F.2d 231 (5th Cir. 1993) and Matter of Granados,16 I&N Dec. 726 (BIA 1979), aff'd, 624 F.2d 191 (9th Cir. 1980), followed. (2) Matter of Meza, 20 I&N Dec. 3146 (BIA 1991), is limited to the question of eligibilityfor section 212(c) relief in the case of a conviction for a drug-traffickingaggravated felony and is based on the specific amendment to section 212(c)regarding aggravated felonies it does not alter the general rule representedin Matter of Wadud, 19 I&N Dec. 182 (BIA 1984), and Matter of Granados,supra, and reaffirmed in Matter of Hernandez-Casillas, supra, that section212(c) relief is available in deportation proceedings only to those alienswho have been found deportable under a ground of deportability for whichthere is a comparable ground of excludability.