Criminal Defense of Immigrants
Chapter
§ 24.24 (D)
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(D) Special Suspension for Spouse or Child Abused by U.S. Citizen or Resident Spouse or Parent. Battered spouses and children were eligible for a special three-year suspension of deportation, or eligible to “self-petition.” A form of this relief was carried forward into cancellation of removal for non-lawful
permanent residents. See § 24.26, infra.