Ilchuk v. Attorney General, ___ F.3d ___, 2006 WL 90124 (3d Cir. Jan. 17, 2006) (sentence to six to 23 months home arrest constituted sentence to imprisonment, for purposes of converting theft offense into aggravated felony conviction under INA 101(a)(43)(G), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(G), for immigration purposes, even though it does not constitute imprisonment under the sentencing guidelines: "[F]or purposes of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, home confinement has been found not to constitute imprisonment. See, e.g., United States v. Phipps, 68 F.3d 159, 162 (7th Cir.1995). Although we have accepted the Guidelines as a tool for interpreting the INA in some circumstances, see Valansi v. Ashcroft, 278 F.3d 203, 213 (3d Cir.2002), here Congress evinces a different meaning.").

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