Immigrant Removed to Mexico Despite Winning Procedural Point

A Mexican immigrant who went through an expedited removal process after he was convicted in Pennsylvania for receiving stolen property correctly argued that his appeal could be heard by the Third Circuit, but the court nevertheless upheld his removal.

Federal circuit courts lack jurisdiction over any final removal order of an immigrant who is removed because they committed an aggravated felony. But the Department of Homeland Security notifies the immigrant of the process on a form geared toward the facts of the removal, not the legality of it, the court here said.

Alexis Barradas-Jacome filed an appeal from his removal ...