Sentences with phrase «giving immigration officials»

The government seems to be arguing that forcing citizens of these countries to apply for visas in advance, they are, in essence, giving immigration officials the opportunity to recognize and weed out those applicants who have refugee plans in mind.

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«It's OK to give them a heads - up that they're set to expire,» says Daniel Brown, a D.C. - based immigration lawyer and former Homeland Security official.
As of press time, two Republicans lawmakers, David Gelfarb, of Rye Brook, and Jim Maisano, of New Rochelle, support the legislation, which would prohibit law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents, which do not give rise to reasonable grounds for detaining individuals.
With a growing fear of many more immigration raids to come, on Feb. 24, county Democrats added four new conditions to the proposal, including language that prohibits county officers and officials from honoring requests made by ICE and Customs and Border Protection, CBP, that do not give rise to probable cause, and protects Westchester from liability due to false arrests and imprisonments.
«Given these demonstrated rehabilitative efforts, I urge federal immigration officials to once again grant Mr. Walters relief from deportation, so that he is not separated from his many family members who are United States citizens, including his two teenage children,» Paterson said at the time.
The new legislation, in addition to piggybacking the current policy, would also prevent law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Customs and Border Protection, which do not give rise to probable cause.
In general, U.S. government immigration officials won't give you advice, and certainly won't give you complete advice that you can fully rely upon because you may not be asking them the right questions.
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