Under federal immigration law, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(4)(A), the government may deny noncitizens admission or adjustment to immigration status if they are “likely at any time to become public charge[s].” City and Cnty. of San Francisco v. USCIS at 15....
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On May 27, 1989, Petitioner Andre Martello Barton was admitted into the United States on a tourism visa. Barton v. U.S. Att’y Gen. at 3. Barton was born in Jamaica and has citizenship there. Id. After three years in the U.S., Barton became a lawful...
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In December 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) initiated the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”). Texas v. Biden at 5. Congress authorized MPP through the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) in 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(C). Id. at 6....
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Moris Campos-Chaves (“Campos-Chaves”) is a citizen of El Salvador who entered the United States without authorization on January 24, 2005. Campos-Chaves v. Garland at 1-2. On February 10, 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS” or “government...
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Petitioner Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo (“Carachuri-Rosendo”) came to the United States in 1993 and thereafter became a lawful permanent resident. See Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, 570 F.3d 263, 264 (5th Cir. 2009). In 2004, in a Texas court, he pled...
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Roselva Chaidez was born in Mexico and has been a lawful, permanent resident of the United States since 1977. See Chaidez v. United States, 655 F.3d 684, 686 (7th Cir. 2011). In 2003, the government charged Chaidez...
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Samson Taiwo Dada, a citizen of Nigeria, was legally admitted into the United States on a nonimmigrant visa in 1998. Brief for Petitioner at 9. After Dada's visa expired, he married an American citizen who filed a Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130,...
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In 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. See Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. DHS at 21. DACA allows noncitizens to apply for two-year renewable periods of deferred...
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Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, a Sri Lanka native, is of the Tamil ethnic minority and backed a Tamil political candidate. Thuraissigiam v. USDHS at 11–12. In June 2016, Thuraissigiam fled Sri Lanka to Mexico. Id. at 11. In February 2017, he entered the...
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In July 2010, Sandra Muñoz, a U.S. citizen, married Luis Asencio-Cordero, a citizen of El Salvador who first arrived in the United States in 2005. Muñoz v. Department of State at 8–9. Muñoz filed an immigration petition for Asencio-Cordero which was...