Legal Opinion
Shalom Pentecostal Church v. Acting Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 7, 2015No. 13-4434PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
KRAUSE, Circuit Judge.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) enables an immigrant to obtain a visa as a “special immigrant religious worker” if the immigrant meets certain statutory criteria, including that he has been “carrying on” religious work for at least the two years preceding the filing of the visa petition. This case presénts the question whether a requirement imposed in the relevant regulation that this religious work have been carried on “in lawful immigration status” crosses the line from permissible statutory interpretation by the responsible agency to…
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