… someone without documents, past legislation has placed a permanent bar on the spouse if at any point that spouse entered into the country without documents. A permanent bar. That means Even immigration judges have not been allowed the discretion to make their own judgment on a case by case basis. What this legislation does is it restores judicial discretion. Basically, it doesn't guarantee that a spouse will have a pathway to citizenship. (07:54–08:04)
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Asserts that immigration judges lack discretion in certain immigration cases.
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