Key legal question
Whether the ten-year expulsion under Art. 10(1)(a) ANAG was justified and proportionate.
Extracted holding
Yes. Given the repeated and increasingly serious offences, the long criminal record, and the weight of the public interest, the expulsion was proportionate despite family ties.
Extracted reasoning
The court accepted the canton’s balancing of fault, length of residence, and hardship to the family. It found no error in the factual findings or in the assessment that private interests did not outweigh the public interest in removal and exclusion.