An immigration case involving a student who won a scholarship to Georgetown University following the deportation of his family was featured in The Washington Post February 22.
* An immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. case involving a student who won a scholarship to
Georgetown University Georgetown University, in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll, chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and following the deportation of his family was
featured in The Washington Post February 22. The article describes the
advocacy of Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center attorney Kelleen Corrigan,
a former Foundation-sponsored Equal Justice Works fellow. With help from
Corrigan, the student had won a reprieve from deportation after Rep.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Lincoln Rafael Diaz-Balart (born August 13 1954), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Florida's At-large congressional district (map). , R-Fla, proposed a private bill in Congress that
would grant permanent residency Permanent residency refers to a person's visa status: the person is allowed to reside indefinitely within a country despite not having citizenship. A person with such status is known as a permanent resident. for the student and his brother, who had
grown up in the United States.
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