Amendments of 1991, Pub.L. No. 102-232, § 306(a)(10)„ 105 Stat. 1733, 1751 (1991). This technical change is of no significance to the issues presented here either in its text or its effective date — Congress directed that this technical amendment "shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990." § 310, 105 Stat. at 1759. 2 . As will be discussed in more detail, the original 1988 definition of "aggravated felony” has twice been expanded by amendment to include additional crimes, but the definition has continuously included drug trafficking crimes such as those of which petitioner has been convicted. Petitioner does not contest this fact. 3 . In its decision here, the BIA relied in part on its prior decisions in Matter of A-A-, Int. Dec. 3176 (BIA 1992) (<HOLDING>), and Matter of Gomez-Giraldo, Int. Dec. 3242
recognizing that 1996 amendment to definition of aggravated felony applies retroactively recognizing that 1996 amendment specifically applies regardless of date of prior conviction constituting aggravated felony holding that  212c applies to all applications for relief filed after november 29 1990 regardless of when conviction occurred for offenses within the original definition of aggravated felony holding that the expanded definition of aggravated felony applies retroactively in actions taken on or after september 30 1996 holding that being deported after a conviction for an aggravated felony is all that is required and it is irrelevant whether the conviction is valid at the time of sentencing