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§ 2.10 7. Foreign Convictions

 





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A conviction in a foreign country can trigger removal, even if it does not conform to constitutional guarantees required of United States convictions.[77]
  
        
[77] Brice v. Pickett, 515 F.2d 153 (9th Cir. 1975) (foreign possession of marijuana); Matter of Romandia-Herreros, 11 I. & N. Dec. 772 (BIA 1966) (Mexican conviction for narcotics violation in United States). Pasquini v. INS, 557 F.2d 536 (5th Cir. 1977); Brice v. Pickett, 515 F.2d 153 (9th Cir. 1975); Matter of Awadh, 15 I. & N. Dec. 775 (BIA 1976) (Canadian conviction); Matter of Gutierrez, 14 I. & N. Dec. 457 (BIA 1973); Matter of M, 9 I. & N. Dec. 132 (BIA 1960).

  









 

	

	 

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