Does the stop-time rule trigger when an alien commits a predicate offence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Heredia v. Sessions, 865 F.3d 60 (2nd Cir. 2017):
We have repeatedly held "that the stop-time rule is triggered on the date an alien commits a predicate offense," not on the date of his subsequent conviction. Baraket v. Holder , 632 F.3d 56, 59 (2d Cir. 2011). We have admitted no ambiguity on this point, explaining that "it is the date of the commission of the offensenot the date of
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