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AG Barr issues 2 decisions limiting ways immigrants can fight deportation
The decisions make it harder for people with old, low-level criminal convictions or multiple drinking and driving offenses to fight deportation.

Oct. 29, 2019, 12:43 PM EDT
By Adiel Kaplan

Attorney General William Barr issued two decisions limiting immigrants' options to fight deportation late Friday, furthering the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

The little-noticed decisions, made through the attorney general's unique "certification" power, remove a long-standing path to stop deportation for people with old criminal convictions and disqualify people with multiple drinking and driving convictions from many paths to legal immigration status.

Advocates worry these decisions could push more immigrants into the deportation system while giving them fewer avenues to fight to stay.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ag-barr-issues-2-decisions-limiting-ways-immigrants-can-fight-n1073026