• Burden of Proof & Persuasion
o Deportability under §237
o Inadmissibility under §212(a)
o Revisiting “Admission” under INA §101(a)(13)(C)(v)
• Pure Categorical Approach
o When It Applies
o Elements of the Statute
• Modified Approach
o Divisible Statutes
o Permissible Documents
- Arrest Reports
- Psi
• Matter of Silva-Trevino
o Burden of Proof
o Relitigating the Underlying Circumstances of the Crime
o Testimony & Other “Permissible” Documents
• Non-elemental Facts
o Financial Loss to a Victim:
- Matter of Babaisakov
- Matter of Oniydo
- Matter of S-I-K
o Commercial Advantage
- Matter of Gertsenshteyn
o Interstate Commerce Component
- Matter of Vasquez-Muniz
o Child Abuse
- Matter of Velazquex-Herrera
• Acts of Domestic Violence: Enumerated Victims
• Q&A
Faculty:
Lee A. O'Connor (dl), Conference Program Committee Member,
South Bend, IN
Dan Kesselbrenner, Boston, MA
Norton Tooby, Oakland, CA