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Legal Action Center Welcomes Ninth Circuit’s Decision on Child Status...
An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of young adults who, due to long delays caused by visa backlogs, lost the opportunity to obtain their green cards before they...
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Immigration Advocacy Groups Urge Supreme Court to Interpret Child Status...
Washington, D.C.—This week, the American Immigration Council filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of young adults who, due to long delays caused by visa backlogs,...
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Velasquez-Garcia v. Holder - Seventh Circuit
One requirement of the age-preservation formula of the CSPA is that the beneficiary must have “sought to acquire” lawful permanent resident status within one year of the visa becoming available. INA §...
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Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio - Supreme Court
INA § 203(h)(3) provides alternate benefits - specifically, retention of the original priority date and automatic conversion of the petition - for beneficiaries who are found to have "aged out" under...
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White House Report on Improving Our Legal Immigration System: Too Little Too...
As part of November 2014’s Executive Action announcement, the President issued a memorandum directing the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to recommend improvements to the immigration...
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The Child Status Protection Act
This Practice Advisory provides an overview of the CSPA, its effective date, and its interpretation and implementation by USCIS, the U.S. Department of State, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the...
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Vartelas v. Holder: Implications for LPRs Who Take Brief Trips Abroad and...
In Vartelas v. Holder, the Supreme Court held that the Fleuti doctrine still applies to LPRs with pre-IIRIRA convictions who travel abroad. This advisory describes: The Court’s decision in Vartelas;...
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