Patel v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

“Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

Inscription on the Statute of Liberty2

Well, not quite. Today it might read, “Give us your educated, skilled laborers willing to work at jobs Americans either won’t or can’t do. If the jobs dry up, we’ll tell you to go home.”

This case plumbs the labyrinthine bureaucracy we have created to effectuate the current policy.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, Sanjivkumar Narharibhai Patel (“Patel”) challenges the revocation of his 1-140 immigration petition by the United States Citizenship…