Matter of Esqueda 20 I. & N. Dec 850 (ID 3226; BIA 1994)("Since the language of the exclusion and deportation grounds of the Act relating to drug convictions was significantly broadened by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-570, 100 Stat. 3207, immigration consequences may now result from a conviction under a law relating to a controlled substance that contains no element of mens rea. Lennon v. INS, 527 F.2d 187 (2d Cir. 1975), distinguished. Matter of Davis, 16 I. & N. Dec. 748 (BIA 1979); Matter of Wolf, 16 I. & N. Dec. 125 (BIA 1977); and Matter of Lennon, 15 I. & N. Dec. 9 (BIA 1974), vacated, 527 F.2d 187 (2d Cir. 1975), overruled. Matter of Poon, 17 I. & N. Dec. 350 (BIA 1980), aff'd, 707 F.2d 258 (6th Cir. 1983); Matter of Pritchard, 16 I. & N. Dec. 340 (BIA 1977); Matter of Awadh, 15 I. & N. Dec. 775 (BIA 1976); and Matter of Pasquini, 15 I. & N. Dec. 683 (BIA 1976), aff'd, 557 F.2d 536 (5th Cir. 1977), modified.").

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