Law360: Immigration

• 4th Circ. Says Vacated Drug Conviction Can't Bar Admissibility August 24, 2026
  The Fourth Circuit concluded Monday that a Mexico native's since-vacated marijuana conviction in North Carolina state court does not render her inadmissible in the U.S., departing from a long-standing framework that considered vacated convictions valid for immigration purposes unless they're vacated due to substantive or procedural defects.