Federal immigration law does not recognize a state's policy decision to expunge, recall or reclassify a valid state conviction. A conviction vacated for reasons unrelated to the merits of the criminal proceedings -such as equitable, rehabilitation, or immigration hardship reasons- may be used as a conviction in removal proceedings, whereas a conviction vacated because of a procedural or substantive defect in the criminal proceedings may not.
Prado v. Barr - filed May 10, 2019
Cite as 2019 S.O.S. 17-72914
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