U.S. Begins to Link Tax with Immigration Issues

John Arrowsmith, Immigration Judge for the District of Columbia, has begun a policy of requiring all applicants for suspension of deportation and political asylum to present documentary evidence that they have either paid or have made arrangements for payment of all Federal, State, and local income taxes for every year the applicant has resided in the U.S.  The same judge does not require but suggests that applicants for voluntary departure also bring such evidence to court.