| Immigrants - Farmworkers - Special Agricultural Workers - Administrative and Judicial Review |
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| The procedures used to consider and deny applications for the special agricultural worker (SAW) program were well-defined. Additionally, once a final determination was made on an application, an administrative review mechanism was available to an aggrieved applicant. Judicial review was only available in vary narrow circumstances. More... |
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| Grounds for Removal - Public Charge |
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| Grounds for removal - Generally More... |
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| Visa Types - Aliens In Transit - C |
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| Aliens who are in transit through the United States en route to a foreign destination are sometimes eligible to travel immediately and continuously through the U.S. to their final destinations. The terms of stay for transit aliens are quite strict. More... |
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| Failure to Register and Falsification of Documents |
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| The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) § 237 sets for the grounds for removal. Most aliens must report any change of address within 10 days of the change. Registration and reporting duties are set forth in the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA). More... |
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| What is the "ABC Settlement?" |
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| The term "ABC Settlement" is a term used when referring to certain asylum claims. In 1985, a class action lawsuit was filed against several federal agencies, including Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS - which is no longer in existence and has been replaced with various other federal agencies). The plaintiffs were religious and refugee advocacy organizations, and the abbreviation for the first named plaintiff was "ABC." The organizations filed the action on behalf of certain Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals, alleging that the asylum claims of those nationals had been handled in a discriminatory way. Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals who had been physicall present in the United States since specified dates in 1990 were defined as the class members. When the lawsuit was eventually settled, it became known as "the ABC Settlement." More... |
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