MORFIN v. TILLERSON

No. 15-3633.

851 F.3d 710 (2017)

Esmeralda Y. MORFIN and Adrian Ulloa, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rex W. TILLERSON, Secretary of State, and John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Roth , Attorney, NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig A. Oswald , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Chicago, IL, Stacey I. Young , Attorney, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Robert Pauw , Attorney, Devin Theriot-Orr , Attorney, GIBBS HOUSTON PAUW , Seattle, WA, for LAW SCHOOL PROFESSORS, Amicus Curiae.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Williams, Circuit Judges.


In 2009 Adrian Ulloa, a citizen of Mexico, married Esmeralda Morfin, a citizen of the United States. She began the process of getting approval for his permanent residence (and ultimately citizenship). But because Ulloa was present in the United States without authority, this process required him to return to Mexico and...

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