November 17, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
As most people are aware, on September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced that DACA will be rescinded on March 5, 2018. Applicants with DACA had until October 5 to deliver their renewal applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS received reports that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has identified USPS mail service […]
November 2, 2017|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
Becoming a United States citizen is a memorable and meaningful experience—one that brings with it the right to obtain a U.S. passport to travel internationally and to seek protection and assistance from the U.S. government when abroad, the ability to serve on a jury when summoned, the ability to serve the country if and when […]
October 30, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
On October 23, 2017, Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced a new bill, the Agricultural Guestworker Act (H.R. 4092), which would replace the current H-2A agricultural worker program with an H-2C visa program. This new program would be a temporary agricultural guestworker program that would encompass year-round agricultural and horticultural work. Importantly, the program would include […]
October 30, 2017|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On September 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an announcement in the Federal Register that it would begin collecting the social media data of immigrants in an effort to “more effectively screen those coming to the country.” This new system went into effect on October 18, 2017, bringing with it concerns […]
October 27, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
The New York Times reports that even though naturalization applications generally spike during presidential election years and then fall after the election, the volume of applications received by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for 2017 will be greater than during the 2016 election cycle: “In the first three quarters of the 2017 fiscal […]
October 16, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
At a White House dinner on September 13, President Trump came to an agreement with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding the future of DACA. The leaders agreed, in principle, to a deal that would lay the foundation to legalize the immigration status of “Dreamers”– people eligible for DACA […]
September 13, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
In approximately 6 months, on March 5, 2018, the Trump administration is rescinding the DACA program. By now, more details have come out regarding the implementation and repercussions of this decision. Pending Legislation in Congress The good news is that there is legislation pending in Congress and more on the way to solve the issue […]
September 7, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Contributed by Joseph & Hall P.C. client Johana Mejias-Beck: We moved to the United States of America to have a life that our home country of Venezuela could not provide. The political instability, political coercion, the violence, and constant insecurity was something my parents did not want for their two young daughters. They made the […]
September 5, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today that the Trump Administration is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA was created through a memorandum in 2012 which gave individuals who entered the United States as children the ability to work—and sometimes travel—for periods of two years at a time. The program is being […]
August 30, 2017|Contributed by: Jennifer Howard
On August 28, 2017, the Denver City Council voted unanimously to pass the Public Safety Enforcement Priorities Act, a bill that will both increase public safety and help protect immigrants from deportation. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is expected to sign the bill this week, stating in a recent interview that “the message to Denver’s refugee […]
