Crimes of Moral Turpitude
§ 8.19 C. Requirement of "Crime"
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In order to trigger a CMT-based ground of removal (whether based on a conviction or “admission” of a CMT), the offense in question must be defined as a “crime” in the jurisdiction in which where the offense was committed.[160] See § 2.14, supra.
[160] Ex parte Isojoki, 222 Fed. 151 (N.D. Cal. 1915). See also 22 C.F.R. § 40.21(a)(1) (purposes of determining inadmissibility, the act must constitute a crime under the criminal law of the jurisdiction where the act occurred).
