Luis Sanchez v. Jefferson Sessions

I write separately to explain why it is unfair for the Government to encourage noncitizens to apply for immigration relief, and at a later date use statements in those relief applications. against noncitizens in removal proceedings.

The Government should not be permitted to use noncitizens’ applications for immigration relief to remove noncitizens from their homes and their families in our country. When the Government enacts immigration relief programs, it encourages noncitizens to apply because there are “significant social costs borne by our Nation when select groups are denied the means to…