Immigration
Jun. 26, 2012
Immigration program yields few case dismissals
Though federal prosecutors have been quietly reviewing cases for months, the prosecutorial discretion program has just started ramping up here.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When law professor Bill Hing learned of a federal program giving prosecutors discretion to close cases of undocumented immigrants who pose little threat, he was optimistic it would help some of the clients.
Then he tried to guide a 55-year-old Mexican man through the process. Hing called his client the perfect candidate for administrative closure - the man had lived in the United States for 25 years, ...
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