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		<title>BIA Clarifies Definition of Step-Child for Immigration Purposes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled yesterday in Matter of Portillo-Gutierrez, 25 I&#38;N, Dec. 148 (BIA 2009) that a step-child who meets the definition of a child under the immigration laws, is a qualifying relative for establishing exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for the purposes of cancellation of removal as a defense from deportation.
The Immigration Judge who heard Mr. Portillo-Gutierrez&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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