Does the Court have jurisdiction to review a party's claim to derivative citizenship?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Walker v. Holder, 13-712 (2nd Cir. 2014):
Despite Walker's conviction for a firearms offense, we retain jurisdiction to review questions of law, such as his claim to derivative citizenship. 8 U.S.C. 1252(a)(2)(D); Duarte-Ceri v. Holder, 630 F.3d 83, 87 (2d Cir. 2010). Where a petition presents a claim to citizenship, we determine whether material issues of
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