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Lev Kobrin
Miami |
Asylee Adjustment of Status: Important Court Victory
On February 12, a Federal Judge ruled in favor of 150,000 asylees who are endeavoring to become lawful permanent residents in Ngwanyia v. Ashcroft (Civil No. 02-502).
The law limits the number of asylees who may adjust status to permanent residence to 10,000 annually. At this rate, it will take 15 years for those at the end of the line to obtain green cards.
Adding insult to injury, the USCIS can not seem to process to completion even 10,000 applications each year. Furthermore, the agency maintains that once a fiscal year ends, it is prohibited from issuing additional green cards for asylees, and that the unused numbers are lost forever.
U.S. District Judge Richard H. Kyle of the Federal Court in Minnesota condemned the former Immigration and Naturalization Service for "widespread," "egregious" and "plainly harmful" violations of law that "constitute nothing short of a national embarrassment." He ruled that the agency has failed to adjust the status of almost 22,000 asylees through simple mismanagement, and ordered the USCIS to adjust their status now.
He also called the agency's procedures for issuing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to asylees "Kafkaesque", and ordered the USCIS to issue EADs to asylees not for one year, but for as long as they remain asylees.
Лев Кобрин - имя, которому верят!!!
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