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Matter of Velazquez-Herrera

24 I&N Dec. 503 (B.I.A. 2008)
Matter of Velazquez-Herrera

83 Cited authorities

  1. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,242 times   622 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

  2. Shepard v. U.S.

    544 U.S. 13 (2005)   Cited 4,274 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts may consult "the charging document . . . or . . . some comparable judicial record of this information"

  3. Taylor v. United States

    495 U.S. 575 (1990)   Cited 5,292 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "

  4. Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.

    519 U.S. 337 (1997)   Cited 2,531 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the term “employees” carries a different meaning in different sections of Title VII

  5. Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

    529 U.S. 120 (2000)   Cited 1,575 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress had not yet empowered the FDA to regulate tobacco products

  6. Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency

    549 U.S. 497 (2007)   Cited 1,195 times   97 Legal Analyses
    Holding that denials of petitions for rulemaking are judicially reviewable

  7. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,410 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  8. Miss. Choctaw Indian Band v. Holyfield

    490 U.S. 30 (1989)   Cited 1,675 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Indian Tribe had exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings, even though the children were born off the reservation, because the children were “domiciled” on the reservation for purposes of the ICWA

  9. Ali v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons

    552 U.S. 214 (2008)   Cited 789 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding a Bureau of Prisons guard is a "law enforcement officer" under the Federal Tort Claims Act

  10. INS v. Aguirre-Aguirre

    526 U.S. 415 (1999)   Cited 811 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the BIA has authority to interpret ambiguous statutes

  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,770 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  12. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,048 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  13. Section 16 - Crime of violence defined

    18 U.S.C. § 16   Cited 3,510 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Defining a crime of violence as ‘ an offense that has as an element the use . . . of physical force against the person or property of another’

  14. Section 2422 - Coercion and enticement

    18 U.S.C. § 2422   Cited 3,114 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Providing for a maximum sentence of life and covering attempts

  15. Section 1012 - Definitions

    N.Y. Fam. Ct. Act § 1012   Cited 2,798 times
    Defining "neglected child"

  16. Section 600.020 - Definitions for KRS Chapters 600 to 645

    Ky. Rev. Stat. § 600.020   Cited 783 times
    Defining "Abused or neglected child"

  17. Section 3509 - Child victims' and child witnesses' rights

    18 U.S.C. § 3509   Cited 693 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Defining "exploitation"

  18. Section 1184 - Admission of nonimmigrants

    8 U.S.C. § 1184   Cited 621 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Creating exceptions to caps, including separate quota of 20,000 for nonimmigrants with master's or higher degree

  19. Section 2151.031 - Abused child defined

    Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.031   Cited 348 times

    As used in this chapter, an "abused child" includes any child who: (A) Is the victim of "sexual activity" as defined under Chapter 2907. of the Revised Code, where such activity would constitute an offense under that chapter, except that the court need not find that any person has been convicted of the offense in order to find that the child is an abused child; (B) Is the victim of disseminating, obtaining, or displaying "materials" or "performances" that are "harmful to juveniles" as defined under

  20. Section 9A.44.083 - Child molestation in the first degree

    Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.44.083   Cited 327 times
    Providing that a person commits felony of first-degree child molestation if he "has ... sexual contact with another who is less than twelve years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least thirty-six months older than the victim"