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      "id": 103962,
      "date": "1997-09-16",
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      "title": "Suspension of Deportation: Tighter Standards for Canceling Removal",
      "summary": "Since 1940, Congress has allowed the Attorney General to grant lawful status to certain aliens\nwho,\nthough not lawfully admitted, have established deep roots here. As first enacted, the Attorney\nGeneral could suspend the deportation of aliens who could show 5 years of good moral character and\nprospective \"serious economic detriment\" to lawfully present members of their immediate families. \nHowever, several classes of aliens were ineligible, and Congress retained power to overturn relief by\nresolution.\n  Over time, Congress has changed the basic eligibility rules for suspension of deportation, the\nclasses of ineligible aliens, and the role of Congress. As enacted, the Immigration and Nationality Act\nof 1952 (INA) expanded potential eligibility by allowing relief premised on hardship to the\nprospective deportee and by shortening the list of ineligible groups, but relief could only be granted\nif both the Attorney General and Congress acted. The lists of ineligible groups for suspension under\nthe INA, which still is our primary immigration statute, subsequently were amended further. Also,\nthe Supreme Court has precluded congressional participation in individual suspension cases.",
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