PONCE v. GARLAND

No. 21-60530.

70 F.4th 296 (2023)

Justin Enrique PONCE, Petitioner, v. Merrick GARLAND, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline Lee Watson , Walker Gates Vela, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Stephen Finn , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Elrod, Ho, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


Justin Ponce came to the United States from El Salvador as a teenager. While in high school, he inappropriately touched his younger female relative and was later charged under Texas Penal Code § 22.04(a) with injuring a child by omission. That conviction spawned immigration proceedings in which he was found removable...

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