NO COMMENT FOR JUSTIN BIEBER'S DEPORTATION PETITION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

The White House has refused to comment on a petition started in January to deport Justin Bieber following his Miami arrest for DUI, resisting arrest, and driving with an expired license, reports Us Magazine. "Deport Justin Bieber and Revoke His Green Card" received almost 275,000 signatures, well over the 100,000 minumum that requires an official White House response.

"Thanks for your petition and your participation in We the People," the statement reads. "Sorry to disappoint, but we won’t be commenting on this one." Taking the opportunity to comment on immigration reform, the statement continues, "Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next 20 years. For those of you counting at home, that’s 12.5 billion concert tickets -- or 100 billion copies of Mr. Bieber's debut album." "So we'll leave it to others to comment on Mr. Bieber’s case, but we’re glad you care about immigration issues," it finishes.

U.S. immigration law states that authorities do not revoke an individual's visa (Bieber is living in the U.S. thanks to an O-1 visa, issued to anyone with "extraordinary ability or achievement" in their field, including the arts) unless the person has been convicted of a violent crime or been sentenced to more than one year imprisonment, neither of which are applicable to DUI offenses.

On April 14, Bieber was a no-show at his latest court hearing on a recent charge of assaulting a limo driver, Abdul Mohar, after leaving a Toronto nightclub in December of last year.

Between making the legal rounds (or not), Bieber found time to join Chance the Rapper onstage at Coachella, where the two performed the singer's track "Confident," featuring the Chicago MC.

POLL : JUSTIN BIEBER? LADY GAGA? WHICH MUSIC STARS SHOULD BE ON THE 2014 TIME 100?

Canadian singer Justin Bieber holds first place in TIME's reader poll for the year's most influential people, followed closely by Lady Gaga and Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's former Army chief who is now running for the presidency.

Despite a rocky year for Justin Bieber, the Canadian pop star surged to the top of the TIME 100 reader poll, edging out Egyptian Presidential candidate Abdul Fattah al-sisi.


Though the final TIME 100 list of the most influential people of the year worldwide is always ultimately chosen by the editors, TIME seeks the input of readers in an online poll.

Music stars Rihanna and Lady Gaga take third and fourth place in the current poll, though Gaga has a clear lead. Benedict Cumberbatch, whose fans have come out strong on Twitter, has slipped to sixth place, just under Beyonce.
On the same day that Orange is the New Black‘s season 2 trailer premiered, transgender actress Laverne Cox snuck into the top 10 above Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o and pop star Katy Perry. Don’t like what you see? Voting’s still open–if not for long. Polls close at 11:59 p.m. on April 22.

The final winner announced April 23.

 You can vote HERE on TIME MAGAZINE webpage