Alcoholism Ruling Brings Science To Immigration Decisions

By Allissa Wickham (March 25, 2016, 9:42 PM EDT) -- A Ninth Circuit ruling against a decades-old immigration statute that links being a "habitual drunkard" with lacking good moral character could remove a roadblock to naturalization or deportation relief for some people and push adjudicators to take a more scientific view of alcoholism, according to experts....

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