Court: Immigrant Widow Can't Stay ; Husband Died in Ferry Crash

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An immigrant Mahwah woman whose American husband died in the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash cannot stay in the United States because they were married less than two years, a federal appeals court panel has decided.

The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which issued its 2-1 findings Monday, agreed with the decision of immigration officials to terminate Jamaican immigrant Osserritta Robinson's pending green-card application for permanent residency. They did so because of a law that holds that in a marriage of less than two years, the death of a citizen spouse ends the immigrant's eligibility for a green card.

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Court: Immigrant Widow Can't Stay ; Husband Died in Ferry Crash

The court differed from the 9th Circuit court, the first federal appeals court to rule on a similar case. In 2006, the 9th Circu...

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