In a ruling of apparent first impression, a unanimous appeals panel in Brooklyn has ordered New York City’s Administration for Children Services to perform home visits for foreign-born youths up to the age of 21 as part of a process to legalize their immigration status.
In ordering the investigation of the living circumstances of an allegedly abused and abandoned 18-year-old immigrant from Hong Kong, Presiding Justice A. Gail Prudenti (See Profile) wrote that a 2008 amendment to the Family Court Act requires examination of the living circumstance of undocumented youths between 18 and 21 because the relief provided in the federal immigration law is “congruent” with ACS’ statutory mission.
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