March 29, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Notarios in the U.S. are not attorneys. They are not licensed to practice law in the state of Colorado. But that does not stop them from taking your money with the promise of filing immigration documents for you. Last year the state of Colorado made it illegal for non-attorneys to engage in deceptive practices in […]
March 27, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney E. Butler, Esq.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has announced that beginning April 3, 2017, it will suspend premium processing services for all H-1B petitions. Because FY18 cap-subject H-1B petitions cannot be filed prior to April 3, 2017, all FY18 cap-subject petitions, including both regular cap and master’s cap, will be affected. Cap-exempt petitions may also […]
March 23, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s executive orders regarding increased immigration enforcement, there is widespread mistrust of law enforcement in the Latino community. For example, Latinos in Los Angeles, Newark, and Denver are reporting fewer rapes, claims of domestic violence, and other crimes in the past two months, since Mr. Trump was inaugurated. In Los […]
February 27, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Expedited removal is a procedure that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to remove a noncitizen without a hearing before an Immigration Judge. An individual who arrives at a port of entry and who is inadmissible either because he or she made misrepresentations or false claims to U.S. citizenship or because he or she […]
February 27, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
On January 25, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” On February 17, 2017, DHS secretary John Kelly issued an implementation memo entitled “Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest,” that gave additional details regarding this original executive order. It is […]
February 21, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On February 18, 2017, Joseph & Hall P.C. partner addressed the crowd at the Defend Our Constitution Rally and March at Civic Center Park. Below is the text of his remarks: We the People want to form a more perfect union. We the People want to establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility. We want to […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Criminal convictions often determine whether a noncitizen can be deported from the United States or whether he or she can qualify to apply to stay. In the summer of 2016 through a Supreme Court decision in Mathis v. United States and a Board of Immigration Appeals decision in Matter of Chairez, the courts ruled that […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Claudia Hurtado-Myers
As an immigrant, going to see the Statute of Liberty brings great joy and inspiration. The torch is a symbol of enlightenment. The Statue of Liberty’s torch lights the way to freedom showing us the path to Liberty. Even the Statue’s official name represents her most important symbol “Liberty Enlightening the World”. With such a […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
With the election of President Trump has come a lot of fear over the future of DACA and its more than 750,000 recipients. Trump promised during his campaign to repeal many of Obama’s executive orders, including the one that created DACA, on day 1 of his presidency. Fortunately for many of our clients, Trump’s day […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
In one of his first actions as President of the United States, Donald Trump announced an executive order that freezes the hiring of new federal employees (with an exemption for essential military personnel). In one swipe of his pen, the new president further handcuffed an Immigration Court system that takes approximately five years to resolve […]
