The Supreme Court today granted review in Guardianship of S.H.R., a case with issues concerning undocumented children seeking state court findings of parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment that allow them to apply to the federal government for Special Immigrant Juvenile status. That status creates a pathway to make them permanent United States residents.
The petitioner in the pending case traveled to the U.S. from El Salvador when he was 16 years old. The superior court denied his petition for SIJ findings and the Second District, Division One, Court of Appeal affirmed in a published opinion.
Horvitz & Levy is pro bono appellate counsel for the petitioner. The petition for review is here.
