Immigration Book of the Year: John Lennon vs. The U.S.A. by Leon Wildes
Our Immigration Book of the Year (2017) has a good immigration story, rock ‘n roll, an American President, and a worldwide rock star and his famous partner at the center. What else could you want in a book? The Immigration Book of the Year for 2017 is:
John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History by Leon Wildes
For the last few years, one of the hot issues in U.S. immigration law was the expanded deferred action programs proposed by President Obama to protect from removal millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States. In light of that national controversy, the 1972 John Lennon deportation case takes on special relevance today.
New York immigration attorney Leon Wildes tells the incredible story of this landmark case – John Lennon vs. The U.S.A. — that set up a battle of wills between John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and President Richard Nixon. Although Wildes did not even know who John Lennon and Yoko Ono were when he was originally retained by them, he developed a close relationship with them both during the eventual five-year period while he represented them and thereafter. The book offers the story of their battle with the U.S. government.
KJ