Democratic and Republican lawmakers from New York had lobbied for Malachy McAllister to be allowed to stay in the United States despite a 2017 immigration policy change that raised the legal bar for temporary relief for deportation. He had been due to be deported last week.
McAllister was convicted in Northern Ireland of charges related to serving as a lookout in a 1981 attack on a police officer in Northern Ireland, according to U.S. court documents. He also was convicted of plotting to shoot and kill another officer. He was jailed for seven years but freed on early release in 1985.
A U.S. immigration appeals board ruled in 2003 that McAllister had engaged in terrorist activities and ordered his deportation.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision in 2006 -
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