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Beyond Deportation : The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases /
WhenBeatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U.S. in the 1970s, hislawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon shouldbe granted "nonpriority" status pursuant to INS's (now DHS's) policy ofprosecutorial discretion. In U.S.immigration law, th...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | WhenBeatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U.S. in the 1970s, hislawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon shouldbe granted "nonpriority" status pursuant to INS's (now DHS's) policy ofprosecutorial discretion. In U.S.immigration law, theagency exercises prosecutorial discretion favorably when it refrains from enforcingthe full scope of immigration law. A prosecutorial discretion grant isimportant to an agency seeking to focus its priorities on the "truly dangerous"in order to conserve resources and to bring compassion into immigrationenforcement. Th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781479807543 |