unlawful voting

BIA Issues Worrisome Decision Regarding Unlawful Voting

In a precedential decision, Matter of Fitzpatrick, the Board of Immigrations Appeals (BIA) determined that unlawful voting by a lawful permanent resident could render the individual removable from the United States under section 237(a)(6)(A), even if the individual did not know she was committing an unlawful act by voting. In this case, Ms. Fitzpatrick, a newly minted lawful permanent resident, registered to vote at a local DMV in 2005 and accidentally selected...