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Immigration and Nationality Act Stepchildren

McDermott Will & Emery

Perseverance, Passion and Legal Focus Establish New Precedent for Immigration Cases

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THE CHALLENGE: When Jennifer Arguijo was 11 years old, she and her siblings left Honduras to join their mother and stepfather—a US citizen—in the United States. Four years later, she ran away from home to escape her...more

Cozen O'Connor

Court Determines that Stepchild Does Not Fall Under Definition of Child

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The Ninth Circuit upheld the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of the petitioner’s claim that he derived citizenship under INA §320(a) from his U.S. citizen stepfather, who married his non-citizen mother after he was born...more

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