Background
IDP supports litigants in cases addressing whether certain offenses are categorically deemed “crimes involving moral turpitude” under immigration law, advocating for the strict application of the categorical approach.
Practice Advisories
- Practice Advisory: Litigating CIMT Theft Removal Charges and Adjudicative Retroactivity in the Second Circuit After Obeya v. Sessions (April 18, 2018, by IDP)
- Addendum: Exploring Applications of the Anti-Retroactivity Holding of Obeya v. Sessions Beyond the Larceny and Stolen Property Contexts (June 11, 2018, by Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic and IDP)
- Statutory Motion to Reconsider and Terminate in Light of Obeya v. Sessions (filed with BIA March 2018)
Amicus Briefs
- Obeya v. Sessions, 884 F.3d 442 (2d Cir. 2018): Brief of IDP in Support of Petitioner (Amicus counsel IDP)
- Amicus brief to the BIA (Aug. 2, 2017): Brief of AILA, IDP, and NIP-NLG, addressing modified categorical approach and CIMTs (Amicus counsel Devin Theriot-Orr)
- Amicus brief to BIA (Mar. 8, 2016): Brief of AILA, NIJC, IDP, NACDL, and University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic in Support of Respondent, addressing 18 U.S.C. 4 (misprision of a felony) as CIMT and adjudicative retroactivity (Amicus counsel IDP)