July 2019 Update
Big win! Ninth Circuit reverses Young rule on burden of proof. See Marinelarena v. Barr (9th Cir. July 18, 2019) (en banc) at at http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/18/14-72003.pdf. The ILRC will soon publish a practice advisory on Marinelarena; check www.ilrc.org/crimes. Marinelarena is a great win for our side. It protects noncitizens who are must apply for immigration relief – for example, undocumented people, or permanent residents who are deportable – and who were convicted under a “divisible” statute, if their record of conviction is vague as to which crime under the statute they were convicted of. This is especially useful for California drug offenses. [...]