Beyond DeportationThe first book to comprehensively describe the history, theory, and application of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law When Beatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U. S. in the 1970s, his lawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon should be granted nonpriority status pursuant to INSs (now DHSs) policy of prosecutorial discretion. In U. S. immigration law, the agency exercises prosecutorial discretion