TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wadhia,Shoba Sivaprasad
TI  - Beyond deportation: the role of prosecutorial discretion in immigration cases 
T2  - Citizenship and migration in the americas
SN  - 9781479807543
AV  - KF4842 .B496 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Deportation
KW  - United States
KW  - Emigration and immigration law
KW  - Prosecution
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Primer : understanding how prosecutorial discretion functions in the immigration system --; The early years : the deportation case of John Lennon and evolution of immigration prosecutorial discretion --; Lessons from criminal law : how immigration prosecutorial discretion compares to the criminal system --; Deferred action : examining the jewel (or a precious form) of prosecutorial discretion --; Presidential portrait : prosecutorial discretion during the Obama administration --; Going to court : the role of the judiciary in prosecutorial discretion decisions --; Open government : transparency in prosecutorial discretion and why it matters --; Reform : improving prosecutorial discretion in the immigration system; 2; b
N2  - WhenBeatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U.S. in the 1970s, hislawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon shouldbe granted "nonpriority" status pursuant to INS's (now DHS's) policy ofprosecutorial discretion. In U.S.immigration law, theagency exercises prosecutorial discretion favorably when it refrains from enforcingthe full scope of immigration law. A prosecutorial discretion grant isimportant to an agency seeking to focus its priorities on the "truly dangerous"in order to conserve resources and to bring compassion into immigrationenforcement. Th
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