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Eleventh Circuit: Asylee’s Florida Convictions for Marijuana Possession and Lewd and Lascivious Battery Do Not Warrant Removal Under INA
Loaded on Feb. 1, 2025
by Sam Rutherford
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2025, page 36
Filed under:
Immigration,
Enforcement of Immigration Laws,
Marijuana Laws/Issues,
Assault Weapons,
Nationality/National Origin.
Location:
Florida.
by Sam Rutherford
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an asylee’s convictions in Florida state court for possession of marijuana under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(b) and for lewd and lascivious battery under Fla. Stat. § 800.04(4) (2008) does not subject him to removal under the Immigration and ...
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