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FAMILY COURT SHOULD AMEND ITS ORDER GRANTING A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS) PETITION TO ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE PETITION BY THE US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court, determined that Family Court should amend its Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) order to address the reasons for the revocation of the initial approval of the petition by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS):

The child moved for the issuance of an order making the requisite declaration and specific findings so as to enable him to petition for SIJS. … [T]he Family Court granted the child’s motion.

Thereafter, the child submitted an I-360 petition for SIJS to USCIS. Although the I-360 petition was initially approved, USCIS thereafter advised the child of its intention to “revoke the approval” based upon certain deficiencies in the special findings order. The child then moved to amend the special findings order to address the deficiencies, and the father joined in the motion. In an order dated February 26, 2018, the Family Court denied the motion to amend the special findings order. …

Under the circumstances presented, we deem it appropriate to amend the special findings order to clarify that the basis for the Family Court’s exercise of jurisdiction over this custody proceeding is under New York State law pursuant to Family Court Act § 651(a). We also deem it appropriate to amend the special findings order to specify that it would not be in the best interests of the child to be returned to El Salvador because the mother is unable to protect the child from harm by gang members in El Salvador, who have made threats of violence against him … . Matter of Argueta v Santos, 2018 NY Slip Op 07424, Second Dept 11-7-18

FAMILY LAW (SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS, FAMILY COURT SHOULD AMEND ITS ORDER GRANTING A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS) PETITION TO ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE PETITION BY THE US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (SECOND DEPT))/IMMIGRATION LAW (FAMILY LAW, SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS, FAMILY COURT SHOULD AMEND ITS ORDER GRANTING A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS) PETITION TO ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE PETITION BY THE US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (SECOND DEPT))/SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS) (FAMILY COURT SHOULD AMEND ITS ORDER GRANTING A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS) PETITION TO ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE PETITION BY THE US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (SECOND DEPT))

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