Drug Law Change Not Retroactive For Immigrant: 5th Circ.

By Suzanne Monyak (October 19, 2018, 10:29 PM EDT) -- The Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that a U.S. permanent resident convicted of possessing synthetic marijuana cannot be deported based on that crime because the drug had not yet been added to the federal controlled substances list when he committed the offense — even though it had been added by the time he was convicted....

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