USCIS SAID: “YOU MAY REMAIN.” SO WHY THE ARREST? USCIS tells asylum applicants in writing that they may remain in the United States until their applications are decided. At the same time, the government argues that a pending asylum application, pending adjustment-of-status application or government-issued work permit does not technically confer lawful immigration status. That legal distinction may be real, but so is the contradiction. These applicants did not disappear. They filed applications, provided fingerprints and addresses, received work authorization and waited for the government to make a decision. DHS itself reports that the average affirmative asylum case took 7.3 years. Now, some people with pending cases and valid work permits are being arrested at domestic airports because their immigration status remains unresolved. But who left it unresolved? The government did. You cannot leave someone’s case pending for seven or ten years and then use the absence of your own decision against the person waiting for it. That is what I call weaponized government delay: the government creates the legal limbo and then uses that same limbo as an enforcement weapon. This does not mean everyone with a pending immigration case will be arrested. It means we need to confront the fundamental unfairness of enforcing first and adjudicating later. Who is really abusing the immigration system: the applicant who followed the process and waited, or the government that never provided an answer? CONTACT SPAR & BERNSTEIN: Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C. 45 Broadway, 15th Floor New York, NY 10006 USA: 1-800-529-5465 International: +1-212-227-8933 Email: info@lawsb.com Website: https://www.lawsb.com/ Book a consultation: https://www.lawsb.com/get-in-touch/ Attorney Advertisement. Prior successful results do not guarantee a similar outcome. #ICE #immigrationattorney #ImmigrationNews #immigrationlawyer #immigration
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