Legal Opinion
Joel Bremer v. Jeh Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2016No. 15-1163PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (“Adam Walsh Act” or “AWA”), Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, limits who may file a petition for a visa on behalf of an immediate family member who is a foreign national. Under the Act, no citizen previously convicted of a “specified offense against a minor” may file a petition “unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discretion, determines that the citizen poses no risk to the alien.” 8 U.S.C. § 1154(a)(l)(A)(vm). In 2009, Joel Bremer, who had previously been…
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