Man Has Heart Attack During Immigration Interview

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MIAMI -- A potentially precedent-setting immigration case in Miami has arisen under the most bizarre circumstances.

A Dominican woman married to a Cuban green-card holder might face deportation because her husband had a heart attack during an immigration hearing last week and died before her case was closed.

Maritza Hernandez, 53, had gone through questioning and her husband, Juan, was in the midst of it when he suffered a heart attack. He died before her application was ever approved.

U.S. Immigration officials haven't decided yet how to handle the case, but Hernandez's immigration attorney is pressing for her to be granted a green card despite her husband's death.

Federal law allows immediate relatives of Cubans to be granted green cards, just as Cubans are.

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The VJ crowd...as usual, overtaken with concern.