Blanche v. Lau · ¶18

After Lau pleaded guilty to his trademark-counterfeiting charge on June 24, 2013, the Government initiated removal proceedings against him on March 13, 2014. At those proceedings, the Government charged Lau as an applicant for admission who was inadmissible for having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. See §1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I). Lau sought to terminate the proceedings on the ground that the Government improperly classified him as an applicant “seeking admission” when he returned from his trip abroad, instead of deeming him already admitted as a lawful permanent resident and subject to removal only on deportability grounds. 130 F. 4th, at 44 (internal quotation marks omitted). Lau also argued that his conviction was not of a crime involving moral turpitude, but that issue is not before the Court because the Second Circuit did not reach it. Id., at 44, 46. Thus, for…

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