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· 10/26/2011

Santos-Reyes v. Attorney General of the United States

Citations

  • 660 F.3d 196
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 21634
  • 2011 WL 5068089

How courts have described this case

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  • “The present-perfect tense refers to an action that is now completed, or continues up to the present.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “All points of reference lead to the conclusion that the phrase ‘has committed’ in [§ ] 1229b(d)(l) means the stop-time rule is triggered ... by an alien’s criminal conduct occurring on a particular date before the end of the seventh year of continuous residence.”

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Judges: Sloviter, Smith, Nygaard

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