IDP Joins NIP in Submitting Brief Arguing Against Retroactive Application of Deportation Relief Bar
On December 21, 2012, the IDP joined the National Immigration Project in submitting an amici “friend of the court” brief arguing that the federal government is wrong to apply retroactively the cancellation of removal eligibility “clock-stop” rule – enacted by Congress in 1996 – to pre-1996 criminal conduct. Under the clock-stop rule, an applicant for cancellation of removal must show that he … Read more »