I'm giving up on the Globe.
"Courts suspend hearings to deport; US reviews illegal immigrant status" by P. Solomon Banda | Associated Press, January 17, 2012
DENVER - In a trial of a politically divisive program, US prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country so officials can reduce a backlog by focusing on detainees with criminal backgrounds or who are deemed threats to national security....
Citing tight budgets, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said this summer that nearly 300,000 deportation cases would be reviewed to determine which could be closed through “prosecutorial discretion.’’ Republicans have decried the policy as a back-door way of granting amnesty to people who are living in the United States illegally.
“We simply cannot adjudicate all these cases that are pending,’’ said Gonzalez. Some cases in Denver date to 1996, she said....
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"The starkly different treatment of two men with families and ties to the community underscores the seemingly random decisions meted out by immigration officials seven months after the Obama administration encouraged agents to shift their focus away from such cases....
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Here is your green card.
