Comparison To Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT)
The consequences of making a crime an aggravated felony are far reaching. One major consequence is that, unlike the deportability ground for a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT), aggravated felonies do not have to be committed within five years after admission into the U.S. to give rise to deportability. (E.g. a Lawful Permanent Resident who was admitted into the U.S. as a small child and who commits an aggravated felony at age 60 becomes deportable).
Also, unlike the moral turpitude provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, an aggravated felony makes a person deportable without regard to the actual or potential sentence attached to the conviction.
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