Agency Memos & Announcements, Federal Agencies
Nonimmigrants and Firearms Disabilities under the Gun Control Act
10/28/11
AILA Doc. No. 11121243.
Admissions & Border, Business Immigration, E Treaty Categories, Family Immigration, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation, H-2B Temporary Worker, Humanitarian Parole, K & V Visas, L-1 Intracompany Transferee, O & P Visas, R Religious Workers, Students & Schools, T & U Status, TN Professionals
DOJ OLC opinion rejects the interpretation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in an interim final rule, and concludes that 18 USC §922(g)(5)(B) applies only to nonimmigrants who must have a visa to be admitted to the U.S., not to all nonimmigrants. AILA Doc. No. 11121243
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 11121243.
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