Applications of INA §237 and §212(a): Which applies and when?
• Admissibility versus Deportability
o Removal Proceedings
- Arriving Aliens
- Present Without Inspection
- Admitted
o Other Applications of §212(a)
- Adjustment of Status
- Naturalization
- INA §101(a)(13)
• Discussion of the Categorical and Modified Approach
• Consequences for Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
o Defining “Moral Turpitude”: Violence, Sex and Cheating
o Inadmissibility under §212(a)
o Deportability under §237
Faculty:
David N. Simmons (dl), Denver, CO
William E. Graves Jr., Boston, MA
Deborah S. Smith, Helena, MT