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status who is inadmissible under section
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212(a)(2).
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‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—
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other provision of law, the Secretary of Home-
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land Security may, for humanitarian purposes,
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in the interests of access to fundamental or en-
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abling rights, to ensure family unity, or when it
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is otherwise in the public interest, waive the op-
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eration of the grounds of inadmissibility set
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forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section
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212(a), for relief under this section.
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‘‘(B) FACTORS.—In making a determina-
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tion under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of
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Homeland Security shall consider all relevant
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factors, including—
‘‘(i) mitigating and aggravating fac-
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tors of the basis for inadmissibility;
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‘‘(ii) the duration of the noncitizen’s
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residence in the United States; and
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‘‘(iii) the degree to which the nonciti-
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zen’s removal, or denial of the noncitizen’s
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application, would adversely affect the non-
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citizen or the noncitizen’s United States
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