Deep Gulasekaram spoke on WNYC about the immigration implications of the Supreme Court decision in the Lynch v. Dimaya case.
At the heart of the case is James Garcia Dimaya. Originally from the Philippines, Garcia Dimaya has been living in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident since 1992. He was convicted of first-degree residential burglary in 2007 and 2009, a “crime of violence” under immigration law which provides grounds for mandatory deportation as an “aggravated felony.”
But what is a “crime of violence,” really? The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that term was “unconstitutionally vague” because in 2015, the Supreme Court struck down a similar definition for “violent felony.”
