Legal Opinion
Salesian Society, Province of St. Philip the Apostle, Inc. v. Cissna
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 22, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2018-0477Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SALESIAN SOCIETY, PROVINCE OF ST. PHILIP THE APOSTLE, INC., et al., Plaintiff, v. Civ. Action No. 18-0477 (EGS) ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, 1 et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), special immigrant visas are available each year to qualified ministers of religious denominations that have bona fide religious organizations in the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(4). For a foreign minister to qualify for a special immigrant visa under the INA, he or she must be seeking to enter the United…
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