Immigration Attorneys
With Immigration Law in Effect, Battles Go On
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A new Federal law that will curb immigration went into effect today as lawyers for refugees and the poor continued to fight it in court. The law, which restricts the number of people who immigrate legally and makes it easier for the Government to deport illegal immigrants, was enacted last year over the objections of civil liberties groups, after two years of rancorous debate in Congress. Its advocates say that over time, it will significantly stem the number of illegal immigrants in the United States. But the April 1 effective date has produced widespread confusion and anxiety among immigrant families that are hoping to bring relatives into the country. And immigration officials have acknowledged that they share some of the confusion, because the regulations adopted to carry out the law’s provisions were rushed into effect to meet that date. The new statute, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, will for the first time impose an income test on people who try to bring family members from abroad to join them in the United States, making it more difficult for poor immigrants already here to reunite with their families. The law also makes it much easier for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport people who try to enter the country without proper documents, and greatly expands the list of crimes that lead to deportation. It will also make it more difficult for people who have lived here illegally for years to avoid deportation if they are apprehended. More : query.nytimes.com |
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