Supp. 2d ___, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7676 (N.D. Ill. April 11, 2005) (Illinois conviction of possession of less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine found not to be an aggravated felony because conviction would have been only a misdemeanor if prosecuted in federal court), following Cazarez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft, 382 F.3d 905, 912 (9th Cir. 2004); Gerbier v. Holmes, 280 F.3d 297 (3d Cir. 2002); Aguirre v. INS, 79 F.3d 315 (2d Cir. 1996), and rejecting rule of Matter of Yanez-Garcia, 23 I. & N. Dec. 390, 396 (BIA 2002).

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