Elimination of Long-Standing Discretionary Relief from Deportation for Minor Criminal Sentences

Permanent residents who have resided in the U.S. for seven years will have no relief if the government tries to deport them because of relatively minor criminal offenses. American family members will be forced to uproot or be separated. The message is "you get no second chance, you get deported" even for minor sentences. Those permanent residents who have convictions for moral turpitude crimes for which they could have received one year of imprisonment, will also be removed. It does not matter that the actual sentence is no imprisonment and a small fine. In addition, there is no relief for permanent residents who have convictions
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Immigration Court Terminology
... Dagoberto Orrantia review of the literature on foreign language ... derivative status
condición derivativa. discretionary relief reparación discrecional. ...
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