Immigrants Should Beware of Cannabis-Related Work

Lawful work in the cannabis industry can have negative consequences for noncitizens.  Jonathan Capriel for Law360 reports that a federal judge has affirmed a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services decision to deny adjustment of status to a Russian national, ruling that by installing and maintaining a security camera system for a cannabis grower, the person had participated in the trafficking of a Schedule I drug.

U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright found for USCIS in a decision that said the USCIS committed “no error of law” when it denied Aleksei Sergeyevich Voronin’s Form I-485 application for permanent residence. The court granted the agency’s motion for summary judgment and denied Voronin’s motion seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.

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