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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: LA judge orders widows' green card cases reopened By AMY TAXIN,Associated Press Writer AP - Saturday, May 2 LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to reopen the immigration cases of dozens of foreign widows whose American citizen spouses died before they could get their green cards. ADVERTISEMENT U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled that the Department of Homeland Security could not deny the widows' applications to remain in the country legally because the agency didn't process the paperwork before their spouses died. The class-action case is one of many lawsuits filed across the country by foreign spouses affected by the so-called "widow penalty." In recent years, U.S. authorities have denied widows' applications to remain in the country because their American spouses died before they had been married for two years _ and before officials finished processing their paperwork. One woman's husband was killed in Iraq. Another's husband was killed in the line of duty for the U.S. Border Patrol. The ruling applies to several dozen widows in Western states, and lawyers elsewhere hope it bodes well for their clients in dealings with the federal Citizenship and Immigration Services agency. "The court's decision demonstrates that it is time for CIS to end the widow's penalty nationwide," said Caryn C. Lederer, a lawyer for the New York Legal Assistance Group. The nonprofit group is suing on behalf of a Russian woman whose American husband died 1 1/2 years after they married. Amy Kudwa, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said Secretary Janet Napolitano has recognized the widows' predicament and asked staff to come up with a solution. Friday's ruling follows a tentative decision issued by Snyder last month. Brent Renison, an attorney for the widows, said it applies to about 70 widows in Western states out of roughly 200 widows who face similar problems nationwide. Renison welcomed the ruling but said there's no guarantee widows will be given green cards just because their cases will be reviewed. "We got a little farther up the mountain," he said. Snyder's ruling follows a 2006 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of a woman who had been ordered deported to South Africa after her husband was killed in a car accident. The court said she had the right to have her residency application reviewed. After the 9th Circuit ruling, immigration officials started letting widows in Western states apply to have their applications considered on humanitarian grounds as long as they could find another American citizen relative willing to provide an affidavit of financial support on their behalf. Renison argued that the government was erecting additional barriers for widows. Snyder agreed, and ruled that the government could not require the affidavit. Monika Monroe, a 32-year-old German makeup artist, hopes that makes the difference in her case. Her husband, Tim, whom she met on a vacation to Prague, died of a heart attack less than three months after they married. For nearly two years, Monroe said, she has found herself struggling with immigration authorities to stay in the hillside house in Los Angeles she shared with her husband and their two dogs. "I am hopeful," said Monroe, whose living room is covered with photographs of the couple embracing on a road trip up California's coast and at their Las Vegas wedding. "I feel like I have a little bit more ground under my feet, maybe I can start walking." ___ Associated Press writer Maria Sanminiatelli in New York contributed to this story. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World UK-World SummaryReuters - 1 hour 34 minutes ago Lower Mexico flu death toll calms nervous worldReuters - 1 hour 34 minutes ago US may revive military commissions: reportAFP - 2 hours 49 minutes ago NATO foils attack on Norwegian tankerReuters - Saturday, May 2 Former US soldiers describe rape of Iraqi girl, killingsAFP - Saturday, May 2 Most Popular – World Viewed Kenyan women to sex-starve men -- for politics Chrysler begins court bid for quick bankruptcy exit Swine flu spreads economic shivers ExxonMobil profit plunges 58 percent Britney's ex-manager forced to stay away from star View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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