In China last year 8000 members of the spiritual group Falun Gong were arrested; more than 100 died under detention.  Adherents of Falun Gong have received long prison sentences solely for possessing the society’s literature. Chinese authorities regard this group as a threat to China. Despite Falun Gong’s benign spiritual teachings of Buddhist meditation and [...]

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Under current law, the death of a spouse can result in an Order of Removal if the spouse dies before the completion of the processing of Permanent Residence. If the marriage took place less than 2 years, the surviving spouse is removed. This situation has resulted in the exclusion of spouses and their children and [...]

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Last week, the United States Supreme Court barred prosecutors throughout the U.S. from using the identity theft laws to intimidate immigrants who use false social security numbers to work.  The issue in the case was whether the user of the false social security number had to have known to whom the number belonged in order [...]

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