Criminal Defense of Immigrants

In Matter of MU,[224] the BIA held that an adult was not inadmissible even though he admitted engaging in conduct at age 15 that would have constituted the elements of a CMT if committed by an adult.  The Board in MU reasoned that he was not inadmissible because he was admitting to an act of juvenile delinquency, not to the act of having committed a crime.  See § § 12.30, supra, 18.8, infra.

[224] Matter of MU, 2 I. & N. Dec. 92 (BIA 1944).