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First Circuit to decide whether removal requires proportionality review

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments on April 9, 2014 about the role of proportionality in removal decisions. Hinds v. Holder, No. 13-2129 (1st Cir. 2014). Is removal and the inability to return to the United States simply too weighty a sanction for the law to mete out? This case involves a 58-year-old Jamaican citizen, Rogelio Blackman Hinds, who has lived in the United Since 1975, was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marines, has five U.S. citizen children, and a U.S. citizen wife. He also has a serious criminal history, having been convicted of federal [...]

Posted by César on May 13, 2014 on 9:00 am 2 Comments
Filed Under: 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 5th Amendment, 8th Amendment, Due Process Clause, proportionality

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