| \r\n January 2005 U.S. Immigrant Alert! \r\n Newsletter<\/b>
\r\n January 10, 2004
\r\n National Immigrant Solidarity Network
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\r\n (You must have Adobe Reader, to download free please go to: http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n In this issue:
\r\n 1) What We Might Expect in the 109th US Congress in 2005
\r\n 2) Immigration News Briefs from Across the Country
\r\n 3) Ask Texas Senators to Sponsor the WISH Act
\r\n 4) Information About the Network
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\r\n January 8, 2005
\r\n By: Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI)<\/b><\/p>\r\n 1. Court: Parolees Can Adjust Status
\r\n 2. Court: US Can Strip Citizenship
\r\n 3. TPS Extended for Salvadorans
\r\n 4. TPS Expires for Montserratians<\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n 1. COURT: PAROLEES CAN ADJUST STATUS<\/b>
\r\n On Jan. 5, the First Circuit US Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that
\r\n that immigrants who marry US citizens may obtain green cards--
\r\n even if they had been in deportation proceedings--without having
\r\n to leave the US or being barred from returning to the US for 10
\r\n years. The case, Succar vs. Ashcroft, was brought by Lebanese
\r\n native Wissam Succar, who arrived in the US in 1998 and applied
\r\n for asylum. In February 2001, while he was paroled into the US
\r\n and his appeal was pending before the Board of Immigration
\r\n Appeals (BIA), Succar married a US citizen, who applied for a
\r\n green card on his behalf. The case was an appeal of a BIA ruling
\r\n which deemed Succar ineligible for adjustment of status because
\r\n he is an \"arriving alien.\"<\/p>\r\n The appeals court was asked to address the validity of a
\r\n regulation promulgated in 1997 by Attorney General Janet Reno, 8
\r\n C.F.R. 245.1(c)(8), which barred consideration of adjustment of
\r\n status for immigrants who have been granted parole status but
\r\n have been placed in removal proceedings. The government argued
\r\n that the validity of the regulation is not subject to judicial
\r\n review, and that in any case, the attorney general's right to
\r\n discretion must be upheld. The court disagreed on both points,
\r\n saying there is no statutory bar to review and that the
\r\n regulation is contrary to the language and intent of an earlier
\r\n statute, 8 U.S.C. 1255(a). The decision only covers deportation
\r\n cases in the First Circuit, though legal experts say it will
\r\n likely be applied in other circuits. [San Francisco Chronicle
\r\n 1\/7\/05; Succar v. Ashcroft ruling 1\/5\/05 from
\r\n http:\/\/www.ca1.uscourts.gov\/]<\/p>\r\n
\r\n 2. COURT: US CAN STRIP CITIZENSHIP<\/b>
\r\n The Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled
\r\n unanimously on Jan. 4 that the federal government can strip Miami
\r\n resident Lionel Jean-Baptiste of his US citizenship even though
\r\n was naturalized before ever being convicted of a crime.
\r\n Government attorneys typically seek to revoke citizenship of
\r\n individuals accused of lying about a criminal record in their
\r\n naturalization applications. In this case, the government claims
\r\n Jean-Baptiste committed a crime while awaiting approval of his
\r\n application, and therefore illegally procured citizenship as a
\r\n person who was not of \"good moral character.\" Jean-Baptiste
\r\n denies having committed the crime for which he was convicted in
\r\n Miami federal court. Andre Pierre, Jean-Baptiste's attorney,
\r\n plans to ask the appeals court to grant a new hearing before the
\r\n full court. If that fails, Pierre said he will go to the Supreme
\r\n Court. He does not expect the immigration service to act on the
\r\n case until all appeals are exhausted. [Miami Herald 1\/5\/05]<\/p>\r\n
\r\n 3. TPS EXTENDED FOR SALVADORANS<\/b>
\r\n On Jan. 6, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
\r\n announced it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18
\r\n months--until Sept. 9, 2006--for nearly 248,282 Salvadoran
\r\n migrants, because El Salvador is still rebuilding from
\r\n earthquakes which hit in 2001. The status was due to expire in
\r\n March. Nationals of El Salvador who have been granted TPS must
\r\n register for the extension during a 60-day period starting Jan. 7
\r\n and ending Mar. 8. TPS beneficiaries are also granted an
\r\n automatic six-month extension of their employment authorization
\r\n document (work permit), until Sept. 9, 2005. [Miami Herald
\r\n 1\/6\/05; USCIS Press Release 1\/6\/05]<\/p>\r\n
Last Aug. 25, USCIS announced that TPS had been \"redesignated\"
\r\n for another 12 months for some 10,000 Liberians living in the US.
\r\n TPS for Liberians was due to expire on Oct. 1, 2004; they will
\r\n now be allowed to stay until Oct. 1, 2005. Liberians were first
\r\n granted TPS in 1991. [AP 8\/26\/04; Federal Register 8\/25\/04] On
\r\n Aug. 6, the USCIS announced a 12-month extension of TPS for
\r\n nationals of Somalia, allowing some 324 Somalis who have already
\r\n been granted TPS to live and work in the US until September 17,
\r\n 2005. Somali nationals had until Oct. 5, 2004, to re-register.
\r\n Somalis were first granted TPS in 1991. [USCIS Press Release
\r\n 8\/6\/04] On Nov. 1 USCIS announced an 18-month extension of TPS
\r\n for Hondurans and Nicaraguans who arrived after a 1998 hurricane
\r\n [see INB 11\/6\/04]. TPS remains in place for nationals of Burundi,
\r\n Liberia and Sudan. [New York Times 8\/9\/04]<\/p>\r\n
\r\n 4. TPS EXPIRES FOR MONTSERRATIANS<\/b>
\r\n On Feb. 27, 2005, TPS is set to expire for 292 former residents
\r\n of the Caribbean island of Montserrat who came to the US after a
\r\n 1995 volcano made most of Montserrat uninhabitable. In its
\r\n surprise notice last June 25, the USCIS argued that \"the volcanic
\r\n activity causing the environmental disaster in Montserrat is not
\r\n likely to cease in the foreseeable future\" and \"therefore it \r\n no
\r\n longer constitutes a temporary disruption of living
\r\n conditions....\" USCIS says the Montserratians can go to Britain.
\r\n Montserrat is ruled by the UK, but Monserratians in the US do not
\r\n automatically have British passports. [New York Times 8\/9\/04]<\/p>\r\n
Monserratians and advocates are urging Congress to pass a bill
\r\n granting permanent residency to Montserratians who have TPS.
\r\n House bill HR 603 was introduced Feb. 5, 2003, by Rep. Major
\r\n Owens (D-NY) and has 45 co-sponsors; the Senate bill, S 2816, was
\r\n introduced last Sept. 20 by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).
\r\n Activists can send faxes to Congress about the bill by entering
\r\n the \"Act Now\" section of the Professional Staff Congress of \r\n the
\r\n City University of New York website, http:\/\/www.psc-cuny.org\/.
\r\n [Information from PSC CUNY and http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/ \r\n websites]
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