Filed September 11, 2013
15 The INA provides a limited exception: a noncitizen remains cancellation-eligible if the individual: (1) has committed only one CIMT; (2) was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of six months; and (3) the offense of conviction carries a maximum possible sentence of one year or less. See 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(II); Matter of Garcia, 25 I. & N. Dec. 332 (B.I.A. 2010). - 28 - adultery in the third degree, assault, assault with a knife, breach of the peace, bribery, burglary, carrying a concealed weapon with intent to use, check fraud, child abandonment, child abuse, compulsory prostitution (attempt), contributing to the delinquency of a minor, credit card fraud or forgery, discharging a firearm into a dwelling or at an occupied vehicle, disorderly conduct, domestic assault, driving offenses (e.g., DUI and suspended license, hit and run), embezzlement, failure to register as a sex offender, forcible sexual battery, harassing phone calls, illegal possession of a credit card, indecent assault and battery, indecent exposure, issuing bad checks, kidnapping (e.g., abduction, unlawful transport), malicious mischief, manslaughter in the second degree, money laundering in the third degree, passing a forged instrument (attempt), obstruction of justice, perjury, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, receipt of stolen propert