Akhtar’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “). It contends that this demonstrates that Congress did not intend to confer benefits on V-2 visa holders over the age of 21. Even in isolation, however, these sections of the statute can be read to address the question of initial eligibility just as easily as they can be read to address the question of continuing eligibility. They suffer from the same ambiguity as the statute itself, and are thus unhelpful in determining congressional intent. Moreover, the government fails to explain how its interpretation of”

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   e.g. Akhtar v. Burzynski

2. “refers to an individual's eligibility to continue receiving the benefits of a V-2 visa he or she already holds, or to an individual's eligibility to be issued a V-2 visa in the first place. Thus, it is unclear whether the statute requires that V-2 visa recipients automatically lose their visas when they no longer fall within the definition of preference category 2A. 18 The LIFE Act also provides that the Attorney General shall grant employment authorization to a”

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   e.g. Akhtar v. Burzynski

3. “No. The V Visa classification clearly limits the class of qualifying aliens to beneficiaries of the F[amily]2A immigrant visa preference.... [T]he law only authorizes the issuance of visas to children who meet the INA definition of child. This rule reflects that limitation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Akhtar v. Burzynski