Immigrant Deportable for Illegal Social Security Number Use (1)

A Mexican citizen convicted of using an unauthorized social security number is subject to deportation because the misuse is a crime involving moral turpitude under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday.

Under circuit precedent, the use of an unauthorized social security number categorically constitutes a CIMT because it involves intentional deception, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in a per curiam opinion, which acknowledged a circuit split.

Fernando Munoz-Rivera entered the U.S. near Laredo, Texas, in 2010 without being admitted or paroled. In 2015, Munoz-Rivera was convicted of the use of an ...