293 F. Supp. 2d 86 - F.L. v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 704 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 6 U.S.C. § 271 · 6 U.S.C. § 279 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · United States v. Mead Corp. · Christensen v. Harris County
Most-quoted passages
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“The term "special immigrant” means— (J) an immigrant who is present in the United States' — • (I) who has been declared dependent on a juvenile court located in the United States or whom such a court has legally committed to, or placed under the custody of, an agency or department of a State and who has been deemed eligible by that court for long-term foster care due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment; (ii) for whom it has been determined in administrative or judicial proceedings that it would not be in the alien’s best interest to be returned to the alien’s or parent’s previous country of nationality or country of last habitual residence; and (iii) in whose case the Attorney General expressly consents to the dependency order serving as a precondition to the grant of special immigrant juvenile status; except that— (I) no juvenile court has jurisdiction to determine the custody status or placement of an alien in the actual or constructive custody of the Attorney General unless the Attorney General specifically consents to such jurisdiction; and (II) no natural parent or prior adoptive parent of any alien provided special immigrant status under this subparagraph shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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