The Supreme Court agreed Monday to clarify the rights of longtime illegal immigrants to seek permission to stay in the United States. A 1996 federal law says that once people illegally re-enter the United States after being deported, they have limited options to become legal residents. The Court's decision may affect hundreds of thousands of immigrants, a Washington lawyer told the justices.
November 01, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to clarify the rights of longtime illegal immigrants to seek permission to stay in the United States.
Justices will decide if a provision in a 1996 federal law that tightened restrictions on illegal immigrants applies to people who were already in America when the law took effect.
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