In Sessions v Dimaya, a divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), that authorizes the deportation of any alien convicted of an “aggravated felony,” which includes a “crime of violence.” The Court relied heavily on its 2015 decision in Johnson v. United States, which struck down a similar criminal law as unconstitutionally vague.
