Criminal Defense of Immigrants
§ 20.38 V. Deportability Resulting From 2 or More CMT Convictions
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In addition to being deportable, under certain circumstances, on account of one CMT conviction, a noncitizen is deportable “who at any time after admission is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude, not arising out of a single scheme of criminal misconduct, regardless of whether confined therefor and regardless of whether the convictions were in a single trial . . . .” [243] Thus, if two CMT convictions have been suffered, the timing of the convictions and the severity of the sentence become irrelevant: the noncitizen is deportable regardless.
[243] INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii). The multiple-CMT ground of deportation was amended by AEDPA to read as follows: “(ii) Multiple criminal convictions. -- Any alien who at any time after admission is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude, not arising out of a single scheme of criminal misconduct, regardless of whether confined therefor and regardless of whether the convictions were in a single trial, is deportable.” The prior version read the same, except it provided the conviction must occur after “entry.” Former INA § 241(a)(2)(A)(i), 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(A)(i), prior to amendment by AEDPA.