Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit March 23, 2001, Docket 99-2619 (Gyno Domond v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service)

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Before Congress passed the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), legal resident aliens facing deportation for the commission of crimes were entitled to Section 212(c) hearings, named for the section of the Immigration and Naturalization Act authorizing them.