Court: Officials wrong to reject pardon, order deportation
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed a decision by immigration authorities to deport a Connecticut man because he was convicted of felony assault 19 years ago when he was 18, despite state officials having pardoned him. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled Thursday that the Bureau of Immigration Appeals was wrong to reject the validity of the pardon given in 2017 to Richard Marvin Thompson by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. Federal immigration officials had contended a pardon needs to come ...
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