Gov. Paterson to Create Special Immigration Board of Pardons

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Monday May 03, 2010 · 8:48 PM PDT

2010/05/03 · 20:48

According to the New York Times, David Paterson, Governor of New York State, announced Monday that he will create a special panel that will review "cases involving legal immigrants who are at risk of deportation for minor or old convictions."

The announcement comes as the federal government has taken an increasingly hard line in its interpretation of existing immigration law, leaving a growing number of legal immigrants who have criminal records facing deportation.

"Some of our immigration laws, particularly with respect to deportation, are embarrassingly and wrongly inflexible," Mr. Paterson said in a speech on Monday at an annual gathering of the state’s top judges.

"In New York we believe in renewal," he added. "In New York we believe in rehabilitation."

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