In re Recinas

1 Citing brief

  1. GARCIA (SERGIO C.) ON ADMISSION

    Amicus Curiae Brief of California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris

    Filed July 18, 2012

    Some commentators believe that undocumented immigrants can legally own their own businesses, a factor that some Immigration Judges have used as a justification that an undocumented immigrant should be permitted to stay in the country. (Mastman, Undocumented Entrepreneurs: Are Business Owners “Employees” Under the Immigration Laws (2009) 12 N.Y.U.J. of Legis. and Pub.Policy p. 225; Matter ofGonzalez Recinas (2002) 23 I. & N. Dec. 467, 468.) 25 permitted to legally remain in the United States and, in certain cases, obtain _ authorization to work.