Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases

by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

Book Overview

The first book to comprehensively
describe the history, theory, and application of prosecutorial discretion in
immigration law

When Beatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U.S. in the 1970s, his lawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon should be granted "nonpriority" status pursuant to INS's (now DHS's) policy of prosecutorial discretion. In U.S. immigration law, the agency exercises...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479870056
• ISBN13: 9781479870059
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"