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USCIS Issues Policy Alert on Controlled Substance-Related Activity and Good Moral Character Determinations

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS issued guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that violation of federal controlled substance law, including for marijuana, remains a conditional bar to establishing good moral character for naturalization even where that conduct would not be an offense under state law.

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