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Article: Deportation and driving: felony DUI and reckless driving as crimes of violence following Leocal v. Ashcroft.(driving under the influence)
- Article from:
- Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
- Author:
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I. INTRODUCTION
Every thirty-one minutes, someone is killed in the United States as a result of an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash. (1) Because of the high societal costs, it is hardly surprising that states impose severe penalties for driving under the influence ("DUI") (2) of alcohol as a method of deterrence. But how far these penalties can extend has serious implications on other areas of law; particularly in the arena of immigration law, the classification of DUI convictions has far-reaching consequences.
Some circuit courts (3) have ruled that aliens can be deported for multiple DUI offenses based on U.S. immigration law, (4) stating that ...
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... ... Operation Last Call. The arrests were made under the 1996 U.S. immigration reform law, which allows deportation for an aggravated felony. In Texas, a third drunken-driving conviction is a felony and, according to an immigration appeals ruling earlier ...
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