Pacheco v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

MEMORANDUM **

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Maria Pacheco’s lawful residence in the United States was predicated on her Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) as a Salvadoran alien pursuant to § 303 of the 1990 Immigration Act. See Immigration Act of 1990, Pub.L. No. 101-649, § 303, 104 Stat. 4978, 5036 (1990) (reprinted at 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (notes)). Section 303 required that Salvadoran aliens who wished to travel abroad first obtain advance parole from the Attorney General. See § 303(c)(2), (4). Pacheco failed to obtain such parole when, on September 3, 1992, she left for El Salvador to visit her dying mother and to arrange…