Ursu
Ursu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*704 MEMORANDUM ***
Daniel Ursu appeals a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision to order him removed to Romania. We affirm.
Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history, we do not restate them here except as necessary to explain our disposition.
Ursu entered the United States on October 2, 1990, with a six-month visitor visa. Ursu maintains that he filed an application for political asylum on October 19, 1990. The application does not appear in the record. No action was ever taken on the purported application. Ursu remained in the United States illegally.
On December 11, 1997, Ursu was convicted of DUI/Manslaughter, Fla. Stat. § 316.193 (3), a second degree felony under Florida law, and sentenced to eighteen months of imprisonment. Ursu had driven while intoxicated and had struck and killed another driver.
After Ursu’s release from prison, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) sought to deport him on the bases that he had remained in the United States illegally, 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(1)(B) (1998), 1 and that he had been convicted of an aggravated felony, 8 U.S.C. § 1227…