Congress OKs bill ending 'widow penalty' in getting green cards
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- News Source: The Gleaner | about 1 month agoA legal provision criticized for making personal tragedies worse by triggering the automatic deportation of immigrant widows and widowers of newlywed U.S. citizens will not be in effect for much longer. Congress gave final approval Tuesday to...
- News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month agoPresident Barack Obama is expected to sign changes to a law that led to the automatic deportation of some widows and widowers of U.S. citizens. Congress gave final approval Tuesday to legislation that would effectively abolish a provision known as...
- News Source: Houston Chronicle | about 1 month agoCongress passed a bill Tuesday that would make widows and widowers of U.S. citizens eligible for green cards even if their spouses died before their applications were approved. The measure, part of the more than $40 billion Homeland Security...
- News Source: Denver Post | about 1 month agoA provision attached to the $41.8 billion Homeland Security appropriations bill ends a controversial interpretation of federal law, known as the "widow penalty." The clause required that a couple be married at least two years in order for the foreign...
- News Source: Contra Costa Times | about 1 month agoAfter years of fighting, Dorota Lamoree rejoiced Tuesday upon learning that an immigration ordeal that began with her husband's tragic 2005 death was over. Congress on Tuesday passed legislation abolishing a rule, known as the "widow penalty," that...
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