Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in

Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas)

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

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 â€œnonpriorityâ€ status pursuant to INSâ€™s (now DHSâ€™s) policy of prosecutorial discretion.Â In U.S. immigrationÂ law,Â the agency exercisesÂ prosecutorial discretion favorablyÂ when itÂ refrains from enforcing the full scope of immigration law. A prosecutorial discretion grant is important to an agency seeking to focus its priorities on the â€œtruly dangerousâ€ in order to conserve resources and to bring compassion into immigration enforcement. The Lennon case marked the first moment that the immigration agencyâ€™s prosecutorial discretion policy became public knowledge.Â Today, the concept of prosecutorial discretion is more widely known in light of the Obama Administrationâ€™s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA program, a record number of deportations and a stalemate in Congress to move immigration reform.

Beyond DeportationÂ is the first book to comprehensively describe the history, theory, and application of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law. It provides a rich historyÂ ofÂ the role of prosecutorial discretion in the immigration system and unveils the powerful role it playsÂ in protecting individuals from deportation and saving the government resources. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia draws on her years of experience as an immigration attorney, policy leader,Â and law professor to advocate for a bolder standard on prosecutorial discretion, greater mechanisms for accountability when such standards are ignored, improved transparency about the cases involving prosecutorial discretion, and recognition of â€œdeferred actionâ€ in the law as a formal benefit.
Country USA
Brand NYU Press
Manufacturer NYU Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781479870059
ReleaseDate 2017-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781479870059

Country	USA
Brand	NYU Press
Manufacturer	NYU Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781479870059
ReleaseDate	2017-05-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781479870059

Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas)

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