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he Federal District Court granted Ms. Soto Alvarado’s Motion

In a case brought in Federal District Court in Rhode Island an abused spouse whose VAWA self-petition had been approved challenged USCIS’s revocation of her approved petition. The self-petitioner was divorced from her abuser and remarried after filing the self-petition but before the self-petition had been approved. The court’s ruling allows the self-petitioner to fully litigate her challenge the USCIS’s revocation of her self-petition due to remarriage in Federal District Court. The court’s rul

NIWAP Library Amicus brief Jun 15, 2024 Direct PDF available

Why it matters

Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Removal Defense; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it.

Topics

Removal defense Federal court VAWA / U / T

Forums

USCIS Federal district court

Jurisdictions

National