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Immigration,
Government

Dec. 5, 2018

Acting AG takes steps to overturn common forms of deportation relief

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has taken it upon himself to decide two immigration cases and his decisions could upend two of the most common forms of deportation relief in immigration court.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has taken it upon himself to decide two immigration cases and his decisions could upend two of the most common forms of deportation relief in immigration court.

The move continues Jeff Sessions’ stepped up effort to use the attorney general’s power to decide immigration cases that limit grounds on which some immigrants could remain in the U.S.

Whitaker made t...

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