Karnig Dukmajian discusses with the Gazette the US immigration rules following an admission of prior drug use

19 June 2019

Recent developments in UK politics have put a spotlight on US immigration law, specifically those provisions governing a foreign national’s ability to travel to the US following an admission of prior drug use, and whether the rules are different if the individual is a government official. Senior attorney Karnig Dukmajian’s article in the Law Society Gazette discusses this topic further, read more here.

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