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(B)  Effective Date.  This ground of deportation applies only to violations of court orders “occurring after date of the enactment of this Act.”[166] September 30, 1996 was the date IIRAIRA was signed into law.  The court-order violation must occur “after” September 30, 1996, to trigger deportation.  Note that this refers to the violation, not the date of the court finding of violation.  Compare § 22.15, supra.

[166] IIRAIRA § x350(b); Matter of Rodriguez-Tejedor, 23 I. & N. Dec. 153, n.13 (BIA July 24, 2001) (“IIRAIRA § 350(b), 110 Stat. at 3009-640 (amendment adding domestic violence and stalking as grounds for deportation ‘shall apply to convictions, or violations of court orders, occurring after the date” of enactment) . . . .’).