By ALAN COOPER, Special to Lawyers Weekly alan.cooper@valawyersmedia.com   In recent months, Arizona has drawn attention for its aggressive approach toward policing immigration status. But take a look at our neighbor to the north in Virginia. Since 2008, localities in ...

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"Those of us who practice immigration law are used to seeing eyes glaze over whenever we discuss our craft. This reaction comes as often from other attorneys as from the general public. Our statutes and regulations are exhausting, and our acronyms are annoying. We get it. These days, however, immigration law is hard for anyone to ignore. The recent enactment of Arizona's controversial SB 1070 brought the debate back from the near-dead," Raleigh lawyer Amanda Mason (pictured) writes.

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Mirisawo v. Holder. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0886, 4 pp.) No. 08-1704, Aug. 26, 2010. 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit denies rehearing and rehearing en banc in this case in which it earlier denied a Zimbabwean citizen’s petition for review ...

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Lin v. Holder. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0650, 19 pp.) (King, J.) No. 09-1269, July 12, 2010; On Petition for Review. 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit grants a petition for review to a Chinese applicant for asylum because an adverse ...

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Ramirez v. Holder. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0634, 11 pp.) (Shedd, J.) No. 09-1629, June 22, 2010; On Petition for Review. 4th Cir. Holding: Two citizens of Mexico, a husband and his wife, who is a derivative applicant, are denied 4th ...

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Suisa v. Holder. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0625, 12 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 08-2343, June 30, 2010; On Petition for Review. 4th Cir. Holding: Petitioners, an Israeli husband and wife, are denied review of a decision by the Board of Immigration ...

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