Thread: Judge tentatively rules immigration cases reopened

Judge tentatively rules immigration cases reopened

The Associated Press
6:37 p.m. April 21, 2009

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles has tentatively ordered the Department of Homeland Security to reopen cases of 22 people who were denied green cards because their American spouses died during the application process.

U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder issued the preliminary ruling in the class-action lawsuit on Monday and is expected to make a final decision after a hearing Wednesday.

The judge cited a 2006 appeals court decision that said applicants don't lose their status as spouses of U.S. citizens if the spouse dies before the government rules on their permanent residency applications.

The plaintiffs' attorney, Brent Renison, says immigration officials "dragged their heels" on the applications. He says there are more than 200 people across the country affected by the widow penalty.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com

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That's just what California needs 22 more illegals, that will soon sprout anchors, to support for the rest of their third world thugs lives.........good going Judge!

I really have mixed emotions about this. I have relatives that became citizens because of their American spouse met them abroad. So I don't have a problem with the spouse visa/citizenship application process. However, there are predators that could use this to gain citizenship and it leaves the American spouse in a position that they could simply be murdered or disappear for a fast track to citizenship. I think citizens should be protected from potential hazards.

Dixie

Originally Posted by ELE

That's just what California needs 22 more illegals, that will soon sprout anchors, to support for the rest of their third world thugs lives.........good going Judge!

It's not just 22 in CA.

He says there are more than 200 people across the country affected by the widow penalty.

Dixie EXACTLY.

And remember children in the picture, sometime these American spouses become prisoners.