New Year Resolutions For Immigration Officials

Last week, a client died unexpectedly, and two government officials tasked with administering the immigration laws retired after long careers of honorable service. 

The client, a renaissance man of many talents, was remembered by a throng of mourners representing a wide cross-section of the community -- academia, local government, the arts, family and friends.  I saw him two weeks before he died.  He was joyful because his long-awaited administrative appeal had finally produced a favorable decision and a remand.  We both had truly expected that he'd soon enjoy immigration justice after many years of waiting.   His death underscored the truth of the maxim that justice delayed is justice denied.