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Warning about "Arreglar
por el tiempo"
Some people, such as notaries public, immigration consultants and
lawyers, assure undocumented persons that they can obtain work
authorizations or green cards because they have lived in the country
for ten years or more.
Many people refer to this as short-term
documentation or documentation for the time being. However,
this is incorrect. The law these people are mistakenly
referring to pertains to cancellations of removal and CAN ONLY BE
GRANTED BY A JUDGE DURING A DEPORTATION HEARING.
This law provides a remedy only to those
persons who are in deportation proceedings. It is very
difficult to obtain relief from removal through cancellation of
removal, largely due to the need to demonstrate more than just the
ten-year residency requirement. This form of relief against
deportation only applies to persons who have a spouse, child, or
parent who is a citizen or permanent resident. In order to
obtain a cancellation of removal in this manner, one must prove that
the citizen or resident family member would suffer "exceptional and
extremely unusual hardship" if deportation goes forward.
Because this last requirement is so difficult to demonstrate, many
such cases are denied.
BE CAREFUL! BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE SIGNING!
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