American teacher can stay in Britain
Source: The Observer
The Home Office has performed a rare U-turn by withdrawing its threat to deport a popular Dumfriesshire primary school headteacher.
David MacIsaac, an American who has worked in Scotland for almost a decade, had applied for leave to remain in the UK indefinitely. In September he was stunned to be told by the Home Office that it was sending him back to the US and considered his four-year marriage to a Scottish artist a sham.
The Home Office's decision to back down came two weeks after the Observer highlighted the plight of MacIsaac, whose wife, Susan, has cancer and is due to commence a course of treatment next week. He said: "I am grateful for the Observer's welcome intervention and for the way they treated my story."
Joan McAlpine, the local member of the Scottish parliament, said: "I doubt if we would be where we are today if it wasn't for the Observer. I'm glad common sense has prevailed."
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/17/home-office-drops-us-teacher-deportation-threat