Legal Opinion
Cathyann Martina Drakes v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 2003No. 18-1545PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
The question before us is whether the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (“CCA”), which liberalizes the Immigration and Nationality Act’s conditions for the automatic derivative naturalization of alien children of United States-born or naturalized parents, operates retrospectively. See CCA, Pub.L. No. 106-396, §§ 101 & 104 (codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1431). Does it, in other words, make citizens of adults who, as children, would have satisfied the CCA’s current conditions for derivative naturalization, but did not meet the requirements that were in effect when they were minors? Four circuits and the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Calcano-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Ming Lam Sui v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Leszek Hughes, A.K.A. Thomas Lloyd Hughes, A.K.A. Tom v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Nehme v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Cesar Batista v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Guzman v. United States Department of Homeland SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
- Ujjaval B. Dave v. John D. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Iasu v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Travis Damien Ashton v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Calvin Anthony Brissett v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, and Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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