Thread by @matt_cam

Classic USCIS logic:

1) Govt fails to notify client of deportation order
2) Client learns of order 20 yrs later
3) Client discloses order in residency app & sworn statements confirming no prior knowledge
4) USCIS denies residency for "lying" re: deportation order she disclosed

this is an extremely abbreviated procedural history of a somewhat tortured case, but I promise you that really is the whole thing

there was no point at which she was aware of the order in which she even had an *opportunity* to lie and it would have made absolutely no sense to do that anyway. As I always tell my clients, any govt which can find a guy in Yemen w/a drone can figure out your immigration history

So you can see what I'm talking about here, here's the relevant part w/no personal info. There was no "contradiction" between the interview and the affidavit--she clearly stated that she didn't know of the order until 2018--& the rest is just as absurd under the circumstances

Shorter USCIS:

"You didn't disclose this thing you clearly told us you didn't know about for the past 20 years at any time during the past 20 years, and also why did you say you now knew about this thing in your interview while also saying you didn't know about it before"

just obsessively reading this again and the past perfect "had been aware" is doing way too much work here

Since a lot of my colleagues are reading this, I should add that USCIS requested an I-601, but that in the absence of a QR we simply argued that she didn't need one. Bc she didn't.